In Brazil, the 2014 World Cup has kicked off. On opening day Thursday, police in military-style gear fired tear gas and stun grenades at protesters who gathered to condemn Brazil’s mass expenditures on the tournament. Clashes erupted in São Paulo near the stadium which hosted the opening game between Brazil and Croatia. Three workers died building the stadium. Protester Rafael Dolabella spoke while holding a poster of one of the deceased workers.

Rafael Dolabella: “The World Cup will be very good for a few people, for the corporations here in Brazil who are building these stadiums, for the corporations that sponsor FIFA, for FIFA itself. It will not be good for the people of Brazil, for the people who can’t, for example, fly from the airports that were built, … for the homeless people who are being violently repressed here in the center of São Paulo right now.”