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Brazil & Southern Cone - May 2014 (ISSN 1741-4431)
POLITICS: Fevers running high, but not over football
Across Brazil in May, workers from many different industries and public services went on strike or threatened strike action, using the proximity of the Fifa World Cup as a way to pile pressure on their paymasters.
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