BlueLlama
10/11/17 TWAIN CRUSH DAY
Some of you may know my connection to Brazil and why I care about the place. I spent a long time living there, my in laws live there as do many of my friends. I posted a while back about how the FIFA sponsorship deals were screwing over the locals who wont be given the chance to trade near to stadiums as they won't be selling licenced products.
Now things have stepped up a bit. A protest about increses in public transport costs have spriralled into a full blown protest about how the current Givernment is screwing the country. The protests started peacefully but soon got violent after the police pepper sprayed the protesters to disperse them.
The protests are now based on why millions of dollars are being spent on "white elephant" stadiums (at least 3 will not be used regularly and are in areas where football attendances average less than a thousand and another new stadium has been built in the South where they lready have modern stadiums with similar capacities) and the manner in which the residents have been displaced to make way for the construction.
Areas around the Maracana have been bulldozed with locals being forced out of thier homes at gunpoint.
The overall feeling now is that the World Cup is not wanted. Money is being frittered away and embezzled while health and education gets neglected.
I was looking forward to this world cup. I was planning my summer, which relatives I could stay with to follow England and Brazil. Now I feel like I shouldnt even go. The whole set up stinks. FIFA and the Brazilian Government do not have the slightest interest in the local needs . There will be no legacy here just debt and unrest.
Additionally the Government is curently disbanding their version of the district attorney so they can appoint their own investigators into all internal investigations and taking out their versionof the House of Lords meaning changes to the law get less ratification and scrutiny.
The protests are gathering speed, intensity and size. The media are starting to take notice. Due to the inadequate infrastructure, some of the stadiums not being ready and the social unrest it really isn't right for the Cup to be held there.
But of course no one at FIFA will take notice. The contracts are signed, the back handers spent. Watch this space.
Oh and since this was a bit heavy here is some latina poon
Now things have stepped up a bit. A protest about increses in public transport costs have spriralled into a full blown protest about how the current Givernment is screwing the country. The protests started peacefully but soon got violent after the police pepper sprayed the protesters to disperse them.
The protests are now based on why millions of dollars are being spent on "white elephant" stadiums (at least 3 will not be used regularly and are in areas where football attendances average less than a thousand and another new stadium has been built in the South where they lready have modern stadiums with similar capacities) and the manner in which the residents have been displaced to make way for the construction.
Areas around the Maracana have been bulldozed with locals being forced out of thier homes at gunpoint.
The overall feeling now is that the World Cup is not wanted. Money is being frittered away and embezzled while health and education gets neglected.
I was looking forward to this world cup. I was planning my summer, which relatives I could stay with to follow England and Brazil. Now I feel like I shouldnt even go. The whole set up stinks. FIFA and the Brazilian Government do not have the slightest interest in the local needs . There will be no legacy here just debt and unrest.
Additionally the Government is curently disbanding their version of the district attorney so they can appoint their own investigators into all internal investigations and taking out their versionof the House of Lords meaning changes to the law get less ratification and scrutiny.
The protests are gathering speed, intensity and size. The media are starting to take notice. Due to the inadequate infrastructure, some of the stadiums not being ready and the social unrest it really isn't right for the Cup to be held there.
But of course no one at FIFA will take notice. The contracts are signed, the back handers spent. Watch this space.
Oh and since this was a bit heavy here is some latina poon
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