Fill in the Blanks World NewsOnline version Listening comprehension by Javier Texcucano Ortega 1 mess sweepers salaries sidewalk rubbish demands neighbourhoods authorities Rio Copacabana strike collectors embarrassment population rubbish programme littering There's something rotten in - and the smell is coming from the huge stacks of piled up on sidewalks all over the city . Rio's street chose the carnival holiday to demand better . Their wages start at roughly $400 a month . There could hardly be a better time for them to prove their importance . The streets were left a after hundreds of carnival parades and now , piles up in both poor and uptown - and in tourist areas like Ipanema or beach . The president of Rio's rubbish collecting company has even appealed to the to store rubbish at home whenever possible . He says 30% of the city's sweepers have gone on . Some of those who have been working have been threatened by the strike movement so now police has been deployed alongside rubbish to keep them safe as they go about their business . The strike has divided opinions in Rio . On social media , many support the sweepers' for better salaries . Others say they are opportunists and the situation is a big to the city . But Brazil's culture of the streets doesn't help . A video that went viral online shows that even have a problem with that . Rio's mayor , Eduardo Paes , is seen throwing what seemed to be the rest of an apple on the - and now promised to impose himself a fine for his wrongdoing . His government recently created a to keep Rio's residents from littering the streets .
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