World Cup 2014: Brazil Protesters Hit Streets

By Jason Farrell, Sky News Correspondent, in Rio de Janeiro

Anti-World Cup demonstrators have taken to the streets of Rio de Janeiro and occupied the city's central station.

The protesters jumped barriers at Central do Brasil Station singing "Fifa pay my fare!" and expressed outrage at the mounting public cost of hosting the World Cup.

Police in riot gear lined the streets of Rio de Janeiro

Riot police armed with tear gas guns and batons looked on as demonstrators invited commuters to "jump the turnstiles" and board trains without paying.

They encouraged them, chanting: "The state will pay your fare".  In the chaos, several appeared to take up the offer.

An activist called Rosimete told Sky News, "We don't like Fifa because the World Cup is costing the people so much money, and all this expense is just for the tourists. There is no benefit to Brazil."

Around 200 turned up to protest - a small crowd compared to the hundreds of thousands who took to the streets during the Confederation Cup.

But the movement is starting to reinvigorate and is expected to grow as the Cup draws closer.

They also chanted "There will be no World Cup."

Protesters jumped the barriers at Rio's main railway station

The slogan has become a Brazilian social media hashtag which has caused authorities to respond with the rival hashtag: "There will be a World Cup."

Campaigner Thomas Ramos told Sky News that the Rio Carnival would be the city's dress rehearsal for World Cup protests, with floats created to mock state spending.

"There's dissolution with the World Cup. We love football but we don't like the economic and social consequences of the Cup.

"So artists are getting together to organise something called 'Occupy Carnival'. We're not going to disrupt the Carnival but we will use it to creatively express our feelings."

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