Protests In Sao Paulo Day Of Brasil 2014 Start

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Police are setting up a 5km perimeter around the football stadium in Sao Paulo, Brasil- which translates into a little over 3 miles before the World Cup opener between Brazil and Croatia.

But protesters are working their way around in Sao Paulo and at the airport in Rio de Janeiro (with the airport workers themselves) setting the stage for, what could be, a very nasty month.

This morning police with tear gas canisters met protesters in frint of CNN's Shasta Darlington


Word is that a CNN producer also had her arm broken covering these protests.

This may not go over well and there's Russia and Qatar four and eight years from now to look forward to...

Brazilian Soccer Riots Explode In Stadium

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There is already, plenty, to be concerned about as the World gravitates toward Brazil for the World Cup in the summer...

Other than the corruption, the stadia that may or may not make their deadlines (and may or may not meet spec when the ARE done), and the violence in the streets... the country seems prepared for just about anything...

Except more rioting inside a soccer stadium...

Today, a match between Atlético Paranaense and Vasco da Gama led to nothing short of mayhem

Evidence below...


And it makes you wonder about how security will be when the world's best soccer players are all over a country in civil unrest...

Three fans injured were taken to hospital in critical condition...
Here's a longer version with interviews on the field in Portuguese...