The high transport costs in San Paulo cause people to start protesting for free public transportation. At first, it was just marches. But people went a far as to set a bus on fire, destroy cash, and vandalize ticket machines. Someone even threw a rock at a police officer. When Police came, protesters fled.
The government is setting aside $2.4 Billion to improve public transportation.
I think that this is a cause that people should protest, but destroying things and setting the transportation on fire isn't helping anything. I think its great that the government is trying to improve the transportation conditions becuase it's obviously something that most people in Brazil care a lot about. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-24680283
I also think it's a great thing that the government is listening to its citizens and doing what is in the people's best interest. But I agree that the protestors' approach was unnecessarily destructive, especially since the government does seem to be trying to make things better.
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