6 Problems the 2014 FIFA World Cup Left For Brazil to Clean Up Ammar Qureshi and Olivia Moore

Article Summary: https://mic.com/articles/93814/7-big-problems-the-world-cup-left-behind-in-brazil#.jXFfcg9nB -Talk about World Cup and article --> negative viewpoint  - Discusses issues with social, economic and political impacts } emphasises impact of World Cup in the local, provincial and even national levels

Evictions: Over 250,000 people forcefully removed from their homes Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Porto Alegre most affected Rumours Brazilian politicians used the event to clear out and reclaim slums Property rights of the poor not recognized  - Rumours cause political issues --> lack of trust, uncertainty in already struggling community - 11 million in slums -Property rights mean the poor have no protection against evictions 

Debt: Total costs of debt have totaled up to between $12 and $14 billion Most expensive World Cup since the competition began over 84 years ago Partially due to the 12 Stadiums they built, despite FIFA only requiring a minimum of 8 -Debt could lead to an increase in taxes for a community who did not want the tournament anyway -Unessecary costs could have been spent elsewhere

Distrust in Police: Demonstrations and protests against the finances spent lead to police brutality - -> Stun grenades and tear gas 600 masked protestors destroyed streets of Brazil trying to reach the stadium in Sao Paulo on the tournaments opening day. 6 confirmed injuries, including foreign journalists. 61% of Brazilians unhappy with Brazil hosting the event - Protests lead to violence and riots  -Foreign journalist shows impact of  issues on global scale 

The Impact on Children: Displacements, violence, child labor UNICEF: 3 million 10-17 year old's victims of child labor Inspired children to play football but strengthened child labor industries  - More children living on the streets and increase in desperation --> do anything for money or food

Problems with Infrastructure: Unfinished overpass collapse caused 2 deaths Politicians completed 10 out of 56 promised projects Lack of time to complete stadiums lead to neglect of proper safety precautions: at least 8 deaths of construction workers  -Distrust in politicians, already corruption in Brazil which still go on today - Benefit of providing jobs lost due to deaths 

Social Unrest #NotGoingToBrazil -->  Protesting the high costs and government Upset that the money could have been used to fight poverty FIFA GO HOME  "It's clear that politically speaking, the money spent to build the stadiums was a lot, and in some cases was more than it should have been," Pelé reportedly said, "Some of this money could have been invested in schools, in hospitals ... Brazil needs it. That's clear."

Summary of Impacts: Social Impacts Economic Impacts Political Impacts Evictions Debt Social Unrest Infrastructure Problems Distrust in police Impact on Children

Solutions: Through a decent amount of research, there was no conclusive evidence to state that Brazil has made any major attempts to fix their issues after the 2014 world cup. Problems left in 2014 still exist today - What was done to solve it  - What is still being done --> government not fixed, corruption and protests contintue today

Why We Chose This Article and How it Relates to Both have a strong passion for the game of soccer Raise Awareness about impact of large sporting events This article relates to the course because it had a very strong marketing campaign through social media, and the protests in Brazil had global news coverage! - Why we chose article and how it relates to course -> Social media (FIFA Go Home etc),protests, reaches large audience - Raise awareness

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