In Brazil, no less, the winner of more men's World Cups (five) than any other nation, protesters are calling on fans around the world to boycott next year's Cup. Seems like people there get just as upset as here when the government spends huge sums of money to build sporing venues while overlooking other basic needs.
As reported in the June 21 issue of the New York Times, the government is spending more than $13 billion to prepare for the World Cup.
“I think Brazilians are feeling insulted to see that there was political
will and large investments to construct big, FIFA-quality soccer
fields,” said Antonio Carlos Costa, 51, a Presbyterian pastor and leader
of Rio de Paz, a group that combats social inequalities in Brazil. “And
when these stadiums went up, the people saw that there was not the same
political will to use public funds to build the same standard of
schools, hospitals, and public security.”
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