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The Bitter Taste of Brazil’s World Cup

The Bitter Taste of Brazil’s World Cup

Posted 20 February 2012 | By | Categories: Biodiversity & Sustainable Development, Citizen Action, Regular Columnists, South America | 1 Comment

With two years to go before the World Cup in Brazil, already people are questioning the massive evictions caused by the Cup’s enormous infrastructure projects and the legal privileges that must be conceded to the all-powerful FIFA, which has set itself up as a kind of super-state capable of imposing its own laws and special tribunals.