00:00In Brazil, thousands of students and workers from the University of Sao Paulo took to the
00:04city streets as part of an indefinite strike that began on April 14th over improvement
00:09in conditions in the education sector.
00:12The protesters denounced a historic neglect of state education and demand that the university
00:18administration ensure a fair distribution of the budget.
00:21The main demands of the strike, which has now been underway for ten days, include delivering
00:26on hiring teachers as a promise after protests in 2023, improving university cafeterias and
00:33equal benefits between faculty and administrative staff.
00:36The action is part of a wave of strikes affecting more than 50 federal and state universities
00:41across Brazil, putting pressure on the government of Riz Ibn Sula Silva for higher scholarships
00:47and decent wages in the education sector.
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