Can Brazil's World Cup Leave More than White Elephants as Legacy? (Brazil is not ready!)

Dangerous highways everywhere

Most Hospitals in Brazil are crowded... people DIE on queues

Poor or obsolete airport conditions

Security caos, Even schools are been assalted  these days

A little over a year before the opening, 2014 FIFA World Cup projects are delayed and have irregularities pending solution. Urban mobility works have already been canceled or stripped down, stadium budgets have been blown, and the main rationale for hosting the Cup is threatened: the legacy. On the other hand, stadiums and road works already are starting to induce growth in some of the 12 host-cities' surroundings.  The secretary general of the non-government organization Contas Abertas (Portuguese for Open Accounts), Gil Castello Branco, says it's already certain that the 2014 World Cup legacy will be "a herd of white elephants," i.e. the stadiums. He cites airport concessions as a positive "spinoff" legacy.

Also, good results may be achieved in the second and third planning cycles of projects in the Responsibility Matrix, a document that sets forth states' and municipalities' commitments to World Cup-related actions. The cycles provide for investment in telecommunication, tourist infrastructure, and healthcare, among others.

"We are producing a herd of white elephants spearheaded by the stadium in Brasília, a city devoid of a soccer culture. Brasília isn't on the route of major music concerts either. It's unlikely that the stadium will host these. It will be a 75,000-seat stadium at a cost of nearly 1.5 billion reais (US$ 752 million)," he says.

This is a portrait of the quality politicians Brazil have. As a they say in here... no need to worry ´cose everything ends up with pizza and beers...

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