Football news: While violence and brawls are no uncommon sight in football related events in the Latin America part of the world. The recent happenings around the region is painful for a football fan to sat the least.
26 were seriously injured and 14 arrested due to a mass brawl at a game in Mexico, last week. Furthermore, a man was shot dead in an altercation between Atletico Mineiro and Cruzeiro fans in Brazil and violent attacks were also reported beside a stadium in Palmira, in Cali, Colombia between fans of America and Deportivo Cali.
Hooliganism and violence causes unrest in Latin American football
Heloisa Reis, a professor at the Unicamp University of Sao Paulo, does not see these acts coming to an end but suggests a change can be brought by public policies.
“There is no way to end violence in football, that should be very clear,” said Reis.
“It can be reduced for that a very comprehensive public policy is needed,” added Heloisa, who is also the author of a book about the problem.
Heloisa Reis goes on to say that the cause of the problem is “toxic masculinity”.
“We have lived under male domination for centuries. The male values reproduced are domination, strength, courage. Is there a prospect of ending that? There is not,” she said.
Sociologist German Gomez, a researcher at the Colombian Association of Sports Studies; blames the failure of policies on the security component.
“The great failure of the policies adopted is that they focus exclusively on the security component,” says German
“These are the consequences of such a prolonged confinement, in which people when they return to a public event have a need to break out of that confinement.”
