Actually, the Football World Cup 2014, which starts in about three weeks, for Brazil to a feast. Instead, in Rio de Janeiro 20,000 security forces to be mobilized – including disgruntled police officers who strike first.
Rio de Janeiro is preparing for the beginning in about three weeks the World Cup on one of the largest police operations in its history. Overall, in the metropolitan area of the metropolis of up to 20,000 security forces, including police and soldiers of various types of weapons are summoned, as the authorities said in Rio on Tuesday. In the city at Sugarloaf also takes place the final on July 13.
“This will be the largest security operation in the history of Rio de Janeiro. We had a similar scheme already for World Youth Day , but not on the duration and visibility of the World Cup,” said the competent authority in Rio for the security of major events Vice Minister Roberto Alzir . The World Youth Day was celebrated in 2013 in Rio.
For now pending applications for the World Cup , the militarized police with more than 8,000 emergency services the most part. In addition, 5300 soldiers of the land forces , navy and air force . In addition, units of local police , the federal police , the road patrol and 800 firefighters are used . Alone in the Maracana stadium to ensure safety on match days in 2500 policemen.
For weeks, it comes in Brazil because of the World Cup riots and major operations of the police. Just a few days, thousands of people demonstrated on the streets of São Paulo . This eszwischen protesters and police were violent clashes . Masked threw objects at police and set fire on the streets of trash and tires . About 20 people were detained by police , who wore according to the police , among others, Molotov cocktails and hammer on him.
Football World Cup in Brazil 2014:Police announce strike
When riots in Rio de Janeiro recently a 17-year-old was killed. The young man died, according to Brazilian media during a raid in the favela Morro do Chapadão in a shootout between criminals and the police. In April, the government had also since sent thousands of elite soldiers in the slums of Complexo Maré. A few days later a newly-built slums has been completely cleared.
The protesters accuse the government to put a lot of money in prestige projects such as the World Cup and to neglect necessary spending on education and health and infrastructure .
Even the police are dissatisfied with the situation: You announced on Wednesday a 24 -hour strike at . It affects 14 of the 26 states , as the police union announced on
Tuesday . The officials are protesting for higher pay and better working conditions. In addition to Sao Paulo, with about 41 million people in the most populous state , is the police their work , inter alia, in Rio de Janeiro , Minas Gerais , Bahia , Pernambuco and Amazon as well as in the Federal District of Brasilia . In these states, even World Cup games will be held .
The World Cup will be played in twelve Brazilian cities from June 12 to July 13. According to government figures, a total of 8.7 billion euros will be invested for the sporting event . Of these, around 84 per cent come from public funds . About a third of the money went to projects for public transport , about 28 percent was spent on the World Cup stadiums and 26.5 percent for airports.
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