By Caroline Stauffer SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Bus drivers in São Paulo went on strike for a second day on Wednesday, snarling transit and leaving hundreds of thousands stranded in South America's largest city less than a month before it hosts the opening World Cup football match. Drivers and fare collectors following a dissident faction of the local union walked off the job on Tuesday, leaving vehicles parked on major roads and closing more than half the terminals in Brazil's business capital without giving warning of the imminent gridlock. The strike in São Paulo, generally one of Brazil's most orderly cities, highlights growing uncertainty over the country's ability to pull off one of the world's largest sporting events in 12 cities. São Paulo has limited metro service and its train stations were dangerously overcrowded on Tuesday, with passengers nearly crushed on escalators during the evening rush hour.
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