Recife will have a new protest this Wednesday.

PE247 - Recife will be the stage for a new demonstration this Wednesday afternoon (26). The 2nd National Act; To the Struggle Recife! Public Transport, Free Pass and Urban Mobility” will have its gathering from 14 pm, at Praça do Derby, central region of the Pernambuco capital. As the State Government announced, last week, the reduction of fares and today will also have the game between Brazil and Uruguay for the semi-final of the Confederations Cup, the expected public for the protest is much smaller than that registered last week, when more than 52 thousand people took part in a march through the streets of Recife.

Although the demonstration is scheduled to begin at 16 PM, the route has not yet been fully defined. The expectation is that the demonstrators will head to downtown Recife or to the temporary headquarters of the State Government at the Convention Center in Olinda. According to one of the protest organizers and a member of the Academic Board of the Catholic University of Pernambuco, Marcos Vinicius Albuquerque, the expected audience should be more politically aware and familiar with the demands than those who attended the last edition of the event. Approximately one thousand police officers are on standby to ensure the safety of the demonstration.

Late in the morning, traffic on Avenida Agamenon Magalhães, one of Recife's main avenues, was disrupted by a small group of protesters demonstrating against the poor quality of public transportation services and corruption.