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Ronaldo, whose name is

ocean-kat — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 21:03:20 +0000

Ronaldo, whose name is Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima, now a television commentator and sports marketing strategist, contending that World Cups are accomplished “with stadiums, not hospitals.”

Really people, get your priorities straight. What's more important, winning the world cup or saving people's lives? Its time to "forget the protests" and focus on the real problem in Brazil.

On the field, the national team finds itself in the doldrums, dropping to a historical low of No. 22 in the FIFA rankings.

As someone who has always

artappraiser — Sat, 22 Jun 2013 20:57:37 +0000

In reply to Protests Expand in Brazil, Fueled by Video of Police Brutality

As someone who has always been disturbed by excessive mania for professional team sports, I definitely approve of the following turn of events:

How Angry Is Brazil? Pelé Now Has Feet of Clay

By Simon Romero and William Neuman, New York Times, June 22

As Brazilian protests grow, even soccer comes under fire after Edson Arantes do Nascimento, the soccer legend known as Pelé, told Brazilians to “forget the protests.”

....In the most unexpected of ways, Brazil’s obsession with soccer has become a potent symbol of what ails the country.....

Brazil hit by largest

artappraiser — Fri, 21 Jun 2013 02:54:11 +0000

In reply to Protests Expand in Brazil, Fueled by Video of Police Brutality

Brazil hit by largest protests yet as hundreds of thousands march
By Paulo Prada in Rio De Janeiro, Reuters, June 20, 2013

Brazil's biggest protests in two decades intensified on Thursday despite government concessions meant to quell the demonstrations, as 300,000 people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and hundreds of thousands more flooded other cities.

Undeterred by the reversal of transport fare hikes that sparked the protests, and promises of better public services, marchers demonstrated around two international soccer matches and in locales as diverse as the Amazon capital of Manaus and the prosperous southern city of Florianopolis [....]