Anger over waste, poor planning for 2014 Brazil World Cup

Pedestrians tiptoe across a road scarred with deep puddles, piles of gravel and a detour sign. Black oily slush leaves no room for missteps or steering mistakes.The debris in this small city in western Brazil is part of the grand-scale mess of unfulfilled promises. Unfinished infrastructure projects were supposed to create a new metropolis, with modern roads and a light-rail system to whiz passengers to the city center from a gleaming 21st century airport in time for this year’s World Cup. From the look of things, they won’t be done in Cuiaba – or in the country’s other 11 host cities, where many construction plans are hopelessly behind schedule, or have been canceled.”This work here that’s right by the stadium, I think they’ll get it finished,” said Atilio Martinelli, who runs a locksmith business near the building site. ”It’ll be done poorly and at the last minute, but they’ll at least finish it. But there is no way they’ll finish most of the other projects. It’s going to be a great humiliation for us.”There was a time when South America’s biggest country seemed like the perfect place for soccer’s showcase event. It is the game’s lone superpower and the home… Read full this story

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