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| World Cup 2014: Brazil street artist Paulo Ito taps into country's anger with mural of starving child eating a football | |
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| This image of a starving child with nothing to eat but a football has tapped into Brazil’s complex relationship with the approaching World Cup. | This image of a starving child with nothing to eat but a football has tapped into Brazil’s complex relationship with the approaching World Cup. |
| Paulo Ito, a street artist, painted the mural on a school in Sao Paulo on 10 May and a photo of the artwork has since been shared more than 50,000 times on Facebook alone. | Paulo Ito, a street artist, painted the mural on a school in Sao Paulo on 10 May and a photo of the artwork has since been shared more than 50,000 times on Facebook alone. |
| The city has been at the centre of repeated and sometimes violent protests against the government’s £6.5 billion spending on the World Cup when the money is so badly needed elsewhere. | The city has been at the centre of repeated and sometimes violent protests against the government’s £6.5 billion spending on the World Cup when the money is so badly needed elsewhere. |
| “People already have the feeling and that image condensed this feeling,” he told slate.com. | “People already have the feeling and that image condensed this feeling,” he told slate.com. |
| “The truth is there is so much wrong in Brazil that it is difficult to know where to start,” he said. | “The truth is there is so much wrong in Brazil that it is difficult to know where to start,” he said. |
| “I didn't mean [to say] nobody is doing anything against poverty but we need to show the world or ourselves that the situation is still not good.” | “I didn't mean [to say] nobody is doing anything against poverty but we need to show the world or ourselves that the situation is still not good.” |
| Mass street demonstrations started last June during the Confederations Cup against poverty, political corruption, underfunded public services and Brazil’s creaking urban infrastructure. | Mass street demonstrations started last June during the Confederations Cup against poverty, political corruption, underfunded public services and Brazil’s creaking urban infrastructure. |
| The World Cup has galvanised Brazilians’ weariness over the failures in parts of their society, boiling over into violent clashes with the police at protests in Sao Paulo. | The World Cup has galvanised Brazilians’ weariness over the failures in parts of their society, boiling over into violent clashes with the police at protests in Sao Paulo. |
| Thousands of teenagers from working-class suburbs have been invading middle-class shopping centres in so-called “rolezinhos”, sparking a heavy-handed response from police and legal attempts by malls to stop them entering. | Thousands of teenagers from working-class suburbs have been invading middle-class shopping centres in so-called “rolezinhos”, sparking a heavy-handed response from police and legal attempts by malls to stop them entering. |
| As the discontent continued, the government was planning to launch a feel-good publicity campaign to convince locals of the benefits of hosting the World Cup. | As the discontent continued, the government was planning to launch a feel-good publicity campaign to convince locals of the benefits of hosting the World Cup. |