By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter
SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Students from Rio de Janeiro’s State University (UERJ) prepared for the first day of classes on Tuesday received disappointing news on Monday night, as university officials announced that the start of the semester would be suspended indefinitely due to non-payment of essential campus services and delayed back pay of university employees and professors. According to officials UERJ’s technical-administrative and teaching staff have not been paid since May.
“Despite repeated public statements regarding the precarious working conditions of the University, no progress was made in negotiations with . . .
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