{"id":18605,"date":"2013-06-17T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2013-06-17T22:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=18605"},"modified":"2024-01-18T08:51:17","modified_gmt":"2024-01-18T14:51:17","slug":"america-you-are-not-being-told-about-the-protests-in-brazil-changebrazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2013\/06\/america-you-are-not-being-told-about-the-protests-in-brazil-changebrazil\/","title":{"rendered":"America, you are not being told about the protests in Brazil….#ChangeBrazil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\u201cIt must be considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to initiate a new order of things.\u201d
\u2015 Niccol\u00f2 Machiavelli, The Prince<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is this country called Brazil, you may have heard of it, the world’s fifth largest country by both population and area, sixth largest economically, home of the Amazon, Rio, Carnival, a country of beautiful people, diverse cultures and outstanding vistas.
Maybe you are aware that Brazil is hosting the 2013 FIFA Conderations Cup, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Summer Olympics.
What you probably have not heard is that Brazil is near the boiling point and on the cusp of change.
Buried in last Friday’s news were small articles, if there were any at all from the major outlets here in the US, about protests and riots occuring before the start of the Confederations Cup this weekend.
The few I read were almost heartbreaking in their dismissal of what is really happening in Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In their own words, here is an incredible video summarizing the situation, in English, with other subtitles available:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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