Protests throughout Brazil continue despite some cities lowering bus fares and the cost of public transportation. Protesters have been marching through the streets of some of Brazil's major cities fed up with how detached the government is with the economic struggles of its citizens.
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On Monday over 200,000 people marched through the streets of Brazil's major cities angered over the bus fare hike and the rising cost of hosting the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 summer Olympics. In the city of Brasilia angry crowds stormed the Brazilian Congress Building.
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The president of Brazil Dilma Rousseff addressed her nation on Tuesday following the Monday demonstration which was the largest mass protest in Brazil's history. The president tried to reassure her people that the government of Brazil was committed to social change and equality.
The people of Brazil are not convinced and seem tired of their government. Demonstrators have not abandoned plans to stage and even bigger march through Brazil on Thursday. The decision to continue with the protest came after two Brazilian cities, Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro decided to abandon the bus fare hike.
According to Bloomberg.com, beginning June 24 bus and subway tickets in these cities will return to their original price of three reais or $1.35. This was the cost of public transportation at the beginning of the month before city officials raised the prices. Bloomberg is also saying that the bus fare decrease may be too little too late. The bus fare prices was just the catalyst to get the Brazilian protest movement going. Citizens are angry about everything from government corruption to the quality of public education.
Mayor of Rio de Janeiro Eduardo Paes told Bloomberg the best way to show the people they are listening is to cut the bus fare. He does not however expect people to just pack up and move on.
"We don't expect people to just quit protesting," Paes told Bloomberg. "People are protesting for more than just bus fares, and that's their right. We're just listening to what they're saying, and this is the way to show it."
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BBC reporter Julia Carneiro was in San Paulo speaking with protesters about what they are marching for. An 18-year-old student named Camila Sena told Carneiro,
"It's not really about the price anymore. People are so disgusted with the system, so fed up that now we're demanding change."
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