Protester Confidence in Brazil
Protester Confidence in Brazil
Good economic times, including record low unemployment, provide momentum for Brazilian youth to take to the streets.
SAO PAULO, Brazil – The question of how long Brazil's protest movement may last has stumped social and political analysts, with the movement's rapid growth since early June taking nearly all by surprise. But low unemployment rates may now be giving Brazilian protesters the endurance to go the distance—a reminder of the situation during the social and anti-war movements of the 1960s in the United States.
Brazil's unemployment rate for May—the most recent figure available—was 5.8 percent, the lowest recorded for that month since at least 2002., May also marked the fifth consecutive...
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