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Weekly Report - 13 March 2014 (WR-14-10)
BRAZIL: Rio’s street cleaners force mayor to back down
Rio de Janeiro’s street cleaners timed their strike brilliantly. It started on 1 March, the second day of Carnival, and lasted until Saturday 8 March, by which time most of the city, even the touristic Zona Sul, stank with overflowing rubbish. The garis, as the orange-suited cleaners are known, won. After issuing numerous threats to fine their union or fire their members, Mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to a 40% pay increase. Inspired by their victory, employees of other municipal services are now planning further industrial action. The proximity of the World Cup, and Paes’s desire for a successful tournament, is likely to increase their chances of success.
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- BOLIVIA: More clouds over relations with Brazil
- TRACKING TRENDS
- CHILE: Bachelet under pressure to perform
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- BRAZIL: Planalto versus the Blocão
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- MEXICO: Self-defence groups become a hindrance in Michoacán
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- EL SALVADOR: Arena challenges wafer-thin FMLN victory
- NICARAGUA: Another electoral victory for Ortega’s FSLN
- Striking teachers forced back to school in Argentina
- Quotes of the week