If you follow the news, you might have read somewhere that demonstrations swept Brazil in the past two weeks. Less important was the fact that Brazil won the Confederations' Cup, which in the football's world is a championship considered as a preview of the World Cup. Now, we Brazilians know that it also serves to the purpose of FIFA checking if a country really has conditions of hosting the actual World Cup: infrastructure, security, beautiful and newly remodelled stadiums.
Some people have been curious why Brazilians are so angry. After all, specially here, my home country is one of the wealthiest nations, has a fast growing economy and our former president is even mentioned here as a model to be followed by the presidents to be in the future.
I guess these are the pics of the official celebration:
I guess these are the pics of the official celebration:
But we Brazilians (in the fatherland or afar, like me) are happier, because the country was shaken by indignation against corruption and bad services offered by the State. Specially the big circus showing manicured stadiums built with public money. Very impressive in a country where football is a national issue.
"When your child is sick, take him to a stadium".
"I came to the streets, because the street is the biggest grandstand in Brazil".
"We want FIFA standard schools and hospitals".
"How many schools are worth a Maracanã"?
Politicians afraid, a not so confident president, important bills that didn't passed in the Congress (which would protect our corrupt politicians) and even a decrease in the public buses' fare. Important to mention that the last time demonstrations swept in Brazil, the president was impeached - 20 years ago.
In another part of the world, Egyptian people are celebrating the downfall of the (former) president Morsi - two years and a half after the Hosni Mubarak, dictator for decades, was ousted and one year after Morsi was elected.
Seeing this historical picture, I wonder what is the real victory for the long-suffering Egyptian people? Here the Coptic patriarch Tawadros II and the Al-Azhar Grand Sheikh back together Morsi's overthrown by the Egyptian army. The Coptic Church is the biggest Christian denomination in Egypt. And Al-Azhar? Well, Al-Azhar is the Muslim academic and religious centre in the Muslim world.
May I ask the permission of the great and brave Egyptian people to say that Brazilians & Egyptians have something in common?
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