BUS STRIKE * Brazil
* Rio Grande do Norte - Bus strike snarls traffic in World Cup city
(Image by GABRIEL BOUYS / AFP - GETTY IMAGES: People wait for a bus in front of the headquarters of the Transport Union in Natal during a public transport strike on June 12, 2014, a few hours before the opening game of the 2014 FIFA World Cup)
Natal,Río Grande del Norte,Brazil -The Associated Press/NBC News, by Elisha Fieldstadt -June 13th 2014: -- Strikes by Brazilian bus drivers for higher wages in the northeastern city of Natal on Friday hampered transportation to a World Cup match in the city — the same place the United States team will play Monday... Only 30 percent of the city’s buses were running due to a strike that began Thursday, according to World Travel Safety, an organization that monitors travel risks... The head of Natal’s Urban Mobility Department told G1, a Brazilian news website, that the city will rely on school buses and vans to transport spectators to the stadium from malls and supermarkets...
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