FIFA confirms to host the World Curitiba and Brazil saves a fiasco

FIFA Curitiba Tuesday to host the 2014 World Cup, despite the delay in the construction of their stadium, Brazil avoiding the embarrassment of a failure as the organizer of the festival of football.

The general secretary of FIFA, Jerome Valcke, judged the works of Baixada Arena have advanced sufficiently since the agency threatened to exclude Curitiba World on January 21.

"Curitiba reconfirmed host the # Copa2014, based on financial guarantees, pledge of all parties and progress made," Valcke said on his Twitter account.

A race against time

"It will be a tight race against time and the collective effort of all parties involved in Curitiba must continue at a strong pace," he said, however.

The FIFA decision, which was expected nervously by the government, save President Dilma Rousseff of a fiasco at a time of weak economic growth and street protests since June against the huge public spending on the World Cup, rather than transport , health, housing or education.

The stadium's most developed late in the Brazil

All stages of the World Cup should be ready by December 31, 2013, at the request of FIFA.

But four of them, Sao Paulo, Cuiabá, Curitiba, Manaus and have not yet been finalized.

In all stages, the most serious situation, according to FIFA, corresponds to Curitiba, a city located in the south of the country ironically richest and developed area of ​​Brazil.

When he fought to be chosen to host the World Cup, Brazil, the South American giant who took 40 million out of poverty in a decade, sought to show the world that can compete on equal terms with the developed countries, and give 200 million Brazilian gift of a sixth world title, this time at home.

But amid delays in stages, broken promises on infrastructure and massive street protests since June questioning the huge public spending on the World Cup, the Cup may represent more of a failure than a success for President Dilma Rousseff, who is played reelection October.

After the red light of FIFA, Rousseff said in January he was "certain" that Curitiba would be ready "in time."

The Arena da Baixada, with capacity for 43,000 spectators and an estimated 160 million cost, must embrace four games of the World. His work is advanced by 90 percent, according to the Secretariat of the Cup

The workers who work at the stadium have gone from 980 to 380 thousand in recent days, while the construction of the roof and hits on the costumes are being finalized, the newspaper O Estado de Sao Paulo. More than 15 thousand seats have been placed and programmed, already planted, watered being added.

The local government optimistic

"I'm optimistic.'re Meeting agreed with FIFA," he told the Brazilian press secretary of the municipal Cup Curitiba, Reginaldo Cordeiro.

A "no" to Curitiba force FIFA to reset part of your organization it would have to move four games of the group stage under that stadium: Iran-Nigeria (group F, June 16), Honduras, Ecuador (E, June 20), Australia-Spain (B, June 23) and Algeria-Russia (M, 26 June).

FIFA and is considering moving them to nearby cities such as Porto Alegre (south), 550 kilometers from Curitiba, according to press reports.

Beira Rio stadium in Porto Alegre is "ready" for more games World-2014 if Curitiba is finally excluded from the tournament, said Tuesday Maximiliano Selistre Charlemagne, a spokesman for the International Club, owner of the stadium.

The Spanish team, which had planned to concentrate and play a game of the first phase in Curitiba, could also consider changing city. Addition Play Area (northeast) and River (southeast).

Most Brazilians considered unnecessary expense for World

75 percent of Brazilians considered unnecessary expenses that his country made for the 2014 World Cup, according to a survey by pollster MDA released today.

According to the poll, released by the National Transport Confederation, only 13.3 percent of citizens believe that the costs to host the World Cup were adequate, while the 7.3 percent found them insufficient.

Meanwhile, 80.2 percent sure that your investment in stadiums could have been used to improve other important areas.

According to government estimates, the budget works for the World Cup, which takes place between 12 June and 13 July is around 11 billion dollars.

The high costs, coupled with requests for improvements in health, education and transport, led to more than a million Brazilians to demonstrate in the streets in June last year during the Confederations Cup.

The protests have continued, less intense but more radical. According to the survey, 85.4 percent of respondents believe that there will be demonstrations during the World Cup.

However, 82.9 percent say they will not participate in them.

Amid these discontents, 56.2 percent believe that Brazil will win the tournament, while 34.6 considers not.

For the survey interviewed 2000 2 people nationwide, from 9 to 14 February 2014, with a margin of error of 2.2 percentage points.
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