Abstract
The 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil took place in 12 host cities between 12 June and 13 July. Despite all the fears about its realisation, the World Cup took place without major problems. Although from a touristic point of view the mega-event was a success, its main physical, economic and social impacts were quite questionable. The aim of this chapter is to summarise the main impacts of this mega-event and to attempt to relate them to the social unrest and major political and economic problems that Brazil is facing now.
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However, ANCOP, the National Articulation of the World Cup Popular Committees, contests such data, saying that there were also indirect removals not related to the World Cup projects, but by those who used sports mega-events as an excuse so that they could take place. They define a figure seven times higher if all of them are included (the 2007 Pan American Games, the 2014 FIFA World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games).
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The report was made for 438 Brazilian cities with a population over 60,000 inhabitants, representing 64 per cent of the national population (ANTP 2012).
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The ‘2013 June Demonstrations’ were a series of demonstrations against poor public transport quality and fare increases that took place throughout 2013. They started in Porto Alegre and soon broke out in many other cities. By the end of June, it was estimated that almost two million people went out to protest in 483 cities. Behind the transport rhetoric, there was the discontent with the amount of public money spent on the World Cup projects (Lea 2013).
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Operação Lava Jato is the largest investigation of corruption and money laundering Brazil has ever known. It is led by federal prosecutors and the Federal Police. The scheme involves Petrobras, major contractor corporations and politicians. Up to now, this investigation has resulted in 133 arrest warrants, 84 convictions and the search for R$14.5 billion (US$4 billion) of appropriated money (http://lavajato.mpf.mp.br/atuacao-na-1a-instancia/resultados/a-lava-jato-em-numeros-1, accessed 19 August 2016). The name lava jato (car wash) comes from the beginning of the investigation that started investigating a car wash network that was used to launder money from criminal organisations.
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In between the writing of this book and its publication, the political and economic situation in Brazil worsened. The incrimination of pro-government politicians close to President Rousseff in the Operação Lava Jato, including former President Lula, and the deterioration of public accounts caused strong reactions from different sectors of society. The impeachment process of President Rousseff based on alleged crimes against the fiscal responsibility law was approved in the House of Representatives in April and in the Senate in May, causing her temporary removal from office until the final decision by the Senate. In August 31, President Rousseff was judged and impeached by the Senate, being substituted by the Vice-President Michel Temer from the Brazilian Democratic Movement Party (PMDB).
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Nobre, E.A.C. (2017). The Cup Final Score. In: Nobre, E. (eds) Sports Mega-Events and Urban Legacies. Mega Event Planning. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44012-5_9
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