Weekly Report - 15 May 2014 (WR-14-19)

With less than a month to go until the start of the Fifa World Cup, strikes and industrial actions are convulsing many of Brazil’s host cities. In Rio de Janeiro, a 48-hour strike by bus drivers and fare collectors resulted in less than 18% of the bus fleet operating. The lack of public transport is merely the most visible face of the unrest currently gripping the city: teachers, municipal engineers, architects, geologists and public museum staff have also been on strike, as have banks’ private security guards.