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Brazil: University Students Make Demands and Question Budget for Aquarium

Categories: Latin America, Brazil, Citizen Media, Education, Governance, Protest

About 200 students of the Regional University of Cariri [1] [pt], Brazil, protested on Monday, April 2, for state government resources to hire teachers and improve infrastructure. On a video of the demonstration published [2] on Youtube, students question the construction of a 250 million reais aquarium [3] in Fortaleza, state of Ceará: “there is budget for the aquarium, but none for education?”