Icebox parties: new way of boycotting Brazil's high prices

SUGGESTED SCRIPT: Shrimps and caïpirinhas, it's the perfect accompaniment to lounging on Ipanema beach, but with soaring prices just months ahead of the World Cup not everyone can indulge. For instance: the cost of coconut water has rocketed. SOUNDBITE 1 Elizabeth Da Silva Gomes (woman),(portuguese, 7 sec) "It used to cost 2,50 – 3 reis not a long time ago. It almost doubled in one year!” But some Rio residents are no longer putting up with it. Riosurreal is a movement launched on Facebook in January, rallying against price rises and calling for a boycott of certain products. With almost 200,000 likes on the page, the idea resonates with many. One of the movements is the so called « isoporzinhos »...