1/22/2015
Fresh Protests in Sao Paulo against Transport Fare Hike
SAO PAULO – Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo for the third time this year to protest a rise in bus fares, an issue which triggered massive protests throughout Brazil in 2013.
The demonstrators assembled near the Tatuape subway station in the eastern part of the city Tuesday and marched peacefully through several streets to protest the increase in public transport tickets.
After reaching an agreement with the police, demonstrators blocked part of Radial Leste, a major highway in Sao Paulo.
After the march, which took place peacefully, some protesters and police officers clashed inside the subway station which was then closed, local media reported.
This year’s protests were called by the Passe Livre (free fare) movement, the same organization which called for a protest in June 2013 that resulted in several marches that extended throughout the country and included other demands in the health, education and public services sectors.
The movement is demanding a “zero tariff” in public transport and energetically rejects the hike in the tickets of buses, metropolitan and subway trains that was raised from the equivalent of $1.12 to $1.31 in January, although it is free for students with lower incomes.
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Fresh Protests in Sao Paulo against Transport Fare Hike
SAO PAULO – Several thousand people have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo for the third time this year to protest a rise in bus fares, an issue which triggered massive protests throughout Brazil in 2013.The demonstrators assembled near the Tatuape subway station in the eastern part of the city Tuesday and marched peacefully through several streets to protest the increase in public transport tickets.
After reaching an agreement with the police, demonstrators blocked part of Radial Leste, a major highway in Sao Paulo.
After the march, which took place peacefully, some protesters and police officers clashed inside the subway station which was then closed, local media reported.
This year’s protests were called by the Passe Livre (free fare) movement, the same organization which called for a protest in June 2013 that resulted in several marches that extended throughout the country and included other demands in the health, education and public services sectors.
The movement is demanding a “zero tariff” in public transport and energetically rejects the hike in the tickets of buses, metropolitan and subway trains that was raised from the equivalent of $1.12 to $1.31 in January, although it is free for students with lower incomes.
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