{"id":1534,"date":"2011-08-02T08:30:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-02T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=1534"},"modified":"2014-06-21T14:31:17","modified_gmt":"2014-06-21T17:31:17","slug":"rally-held-saturday-protested-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=1534","title":{"rendered":"Fifa Draws Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Saturday morning, July 30th, the World Cup\/Olympics Popular Committee (Comit\u00ea Popular da Copa e das Olimp\u00edadas), a coalition of diverse organizations, organized\u00a0a march and rally starting in Largo do Machado and ending near Marina da Gloria to protest\u00a0the social injustices the mega-event planning process has caused in Rio de Janeiro. Over 1000 people came out for the event. The rally\u00a0was timely planned to culminate just outside as the preliminary 2014 FIFA World\u00a0Cup Draws occurred inside the Marina da Gloria–an extravagant event costing Brazilian taxpayers R$30 million.<\/p>\n

At the forefront of the march, people held a huge sign that\u00a0read \u201cFora Ricardo Teixeira–Out with Ricardo Teixeira.\u201d Teixeira has been in charge of Brazilian soccer for 20 years, and is viewed as inextricably linked to corruption and the commercialization of Brazil’s most popular sport and biggest passion.<\/p>\n

The rally focused on the forced evictions occurring due to the\u00a0mega-events, as well as the poor benefits government workers like teachers and\u00a0firefighters receive, and fans’ rights.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Many community leaders came out to voice their anger over forced evictions. Gizele de Oliveira Martius\u00a0was at the march to voice her disappointment with how the government is\u00a0treating people in the favelas. \u00a0\u201cThe government of Rio is removing people from their homes and\u00a0putting them in areas far away from their original lives and work,\u201d she says. \u201cThey\u00a0don\u2019t want us near where the sporting events or airport are out of shame, so\u00a0foreigners don\u2019t see.\u201d This, she says, is unacceptable, as people living in favelas are\u00a0a proud part of Rio and their opinions should be solicited in mega-event planning.”<\/p>\n

“Our objective today is to show journalists here for the draw what is happening in\u00a0Rio,\u201d she explains. Once the hundreds of marchers reached Marina de Gloria where the draw\u00a0was taking place, over 50 police officers were there to block off the entrance to the Marina.\u00a0Though the police were following orders, one officer admitted he sides with\u00a0the people participating in the rally more than with the government\u00a0because \u201cwe too get paid little and feel shame at what the government is doing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Against police orders the majority of protesters crossed the coastal motorway of the Aterro do Flamengo before deciding to occupy the roadway instead. \u00a0They sat and traffic had to be diverted for almost 2 hours until a public official was sent to negotiate their pacific exit. \u00a0There was no police or protester violence while they awaited, chanting, “No, no, no to eviction! Invest our money in health and education!”<\/p>\n

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Finally, an official from the Ministry of Justice came forward accompanied by the police and several aids to listen to protesters’ concerns. Three representatives from organizations associated with the Popular Committee spoke, voicing concerns. \u00a0Principal among them was that there must be no evictions, except in areas where there exists \u00a0true risk to residents, and that even in these cases relocations would be local in nature. The official accepted the documents presented to him, as well as a large soccer ball with criticisms written over it, over 1 meter in diameter. He promised to take their concerns to the new office being charged to monitor the World Cup planning process. He agreed he would later get in touch with the protest organizers. \u00a0Protesters dispersed deeming the event successful, after a total 7 hour engagement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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