What started out as frustration over a 10 cent increase in public transportation fares has exploded to thousands of Brazilians taking to the streets to protest social issues that have been plaguing the country. From Sao Paulo to Rio de Janerio, Brazilians are voicing their frustration against government corruption, poor health care, bad public education, violence, and taxes. There is resentment against the government for the raising of taxes in order for the country to get ready to host next year’s World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics. The large question is how there’s money to host these events, yet not enough to provide Brazilians with better social services like public education or health care. The people of these cities are fed up with what has been going on around them and are protesting because they want a different standard of living. The photographers in the streets of Brazil give us a glimpse of what is happening right now. The photos below show a country’s people that have clearly had enough and that of a country that has finally woken up.
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