Controversial Wall Street-style golden bull removed mounted in Sao Paulo

It has lasted seven days. The huge Wall Street-style golden bull installed in front of the Sao Paulo stock exchange was removed in the middle of Tuesday night by order of the Mayor’s Office and after several protests against its imposing presence. At 5.10 meters long and 3 meters high, the controversial statue had a laconic purpose. His time in the capital of São Paulo has been short-lived. Wrapped in plastic, with his face covered, last night he was sent to chiqueros through the back door. A crane took him a few hours after a commission of the City Council determined his withdrawal because it is an “advertising piece” and for not having enough permits. His farewell to the street “XV de Novembro”, in the heart of Sao Paulo, the most populous municipality in Latin America, was almost secretly, far from the pomp with which it was inaugurated on the 16th.Read more: Do you remember it? Italy gives refuge to the green-eyed ‘Afghan girl’ after Taliban conquest”The ‘Golden Bull’ represents the strength and resilience of the Brazilian people. The B3 (as the Brazilian stock market is known) is bringing this new symbol to value not only the center of Sao Paulo, but also the development of the capital market of Brazil, “celebrated then the CEO of the B3, Gilson Finkelsztain.With an air similar to the bronze bull of 3.5 tons located for three decades in the financial district of Manhattan, in New York, the Brazilian, the work of the architect and plastic artist Rafael Brancatelli, is (or was) more modest. It was built on a tubular structure with several high-density glass fibers, wrapped in an anticorrosive high-temperature paint and financed by Sao Paulo’s own stock exchange, in partnership with popular economist and financial educator Pablo Spyer. A few hours after his appearance, the bull began to be put flags in the form of protest. On his backs were painted with phrases such as “tax the rich” and stickers with the word “HUNGER”. Latin America’s largest economy is navigating a strong swell, with inflation out of control at almost 11%, unemployment still at high levels above 13% and fragile growth after the debacle caused by the coronavirus pandemic. According to data from the NGO “SP Invisible”, hunger has grown in Brazil to levels not seen since 2004. Last year, 19 of Brazil’s 213 million “went hungry” and “13%” of the adult population stopped eating on occasion due to lack of money. The bull was also the subject of demonstrations by social movements that operate in the central region of Sao Paulo, of great architectural beauty, but abandoned for decades and where dozens of homeless people roam every day. Brancatelli, author of the work, also began to receive attacks on the Internet and through phone calls. He tried to fight criticism by defending his creation against all odds.” As long as those who generate employment and move the economy are accused and held responsible for the hunger of this country, and governments (left or right) are not charged properly for their lack of efficiency and suitability, nothing will change,” he said on his social networks. The final goodbye of the bull came after a tight vote, by 5 votes to 4, in the Commission for the Protection of the Urban Landscape of the Mayor’s Office of Sao Paulo, held on the eve. In his opinion, the work had a “predominant advertising” character, since there are several references to its idealizers and their companies, something illegal, and was installed without the necessary permits. Already with the bull being carried in volleys for its withdrawal, the architect Brancatelli described the decision of the Mayor’s Office as an act of “cowardice”. “The bull is leaving, but it will come back,” he warned. Read more: Four brothers died charred after house fire They were screaming for help! Revelation? Ana Guevara says live that she opens “asterisks” (VIDEO)

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