Τη μεγάλη ανησυχία της για την εξάπλωση των ταραχών στις αναδυόμενες οικονομίες μοιράζεται μαζί μας η καπιταλιστική διαδικτυακή εφημερίδα:

It’s been a very bad year for the world’s hottest emerging markets. There are two big trends being cited for that. One is the slowdown in commodities and China, which is having a ripple effect for growth among many of the export-oriented commodity economies. The other factor is the rise of the dollar and US interest rates, which are causing investment flows to reverse and leave these hot markets. But in addition to all that we’re seeing instability grow. There’s obviously the riots in Turkey, which have been going on for weeks now. South Africa has been dealing with mining protests all year. Brazil has lately seen riots, in part due to an increase in bus fares. And now Indonesia is seeing protests and some rioting thanks to a planned fuel price increase. According to AP, the parliament is expected to rescind a subsidy that will result in a 33% increase in at-the-pump prices.

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While the world’s attention is focused on protests in Turkey and Syria’s civil war, a growing wave of nationwide protests in Brazil has been met by a violent police crackdown.
For the better part of the past two weeks, Brazilians have taken to the streets to display their discontent and despair over a host of social, economic and political ills. It all started in the nation’s two largest cities, São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, where residents angry about a 10-cent bus and subway fare increase turned out in the thousands to voice their indignation.
The Rio Times reports that 20,000 people demonstrated in São Paulo and as many as 10,000 took to Rio’s streets for Thursday’s protests.
“O Rio pra quem?–” Rio for who? That was the question many of the protesters wanted answered. Many Cariocas, as residents of the famous seaside city are called, believe the government’s priorities are seriously flawed, with tourism development, promotion of the city’s international image and enriching connected business interests taking precedent over serving the needs of the people of a nation in which tens of millions live in poverty while a tiny elite enjoy stupendous– and growing– wealth.

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