Sociologist Gabriel de Santis Feltran of São Paulo gives an account on the PCC boys, the largest criminal organization in Brazil: they control drug trafficking and hold great power in the cities, especially in São Paulo.

Dilma is acting the same as FHC did before. For the political scientist, the PT does not help to call coup leaders to take to the streets.

Population figures show that communities on the periphery of Greater São Paulo have become more heterogeneous, with middle and lower classes living closer to each other while the elites still occupy the more exclusive zones.