Brazil's Rousseff announces billions to improve Sao Paulo transport system

Friday, August 2nd 2013 - 03:26 UTC

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Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff moved quickly this week to improve bus services in the metropolis of Sao Paulo, where protests over a fare increase in June triggered an outburst of national discontent that battered her popularity and questioned the country’s infrastructure for two major world events in 2014 and 2016. Read full article

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Britworker
This reminds me a bit of India when they they were still building one week before the games using 7 year olds on construction sites and athletes getting were getting sick and withdrawing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_over_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games

Better pull your socks up Brazil or these olympics will end up being the biggest south america embarrassment since, well yesterday, or the before. I'm not sure FIFA want to see their refs heads on spikes either at the world cup.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concerns_and_controversies_over_the_2010_Commonwealth_Games

Truly shocking!
Aug 02nd, 2013 - 05:29 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
“Since the protests, and with elections emerging on the horizon, Rousseff has been under pressure to boost spending, at a time when she is trying to regain credibility as a fiscally responsible leader.”

Oh dear, welcome to the real world Dilma. It's not her problem of course; the crook Lula must take a lot of the blame for the widespread corruption that has siphoned off a large part of the money while he was president. Are LatAms particularly blind about corruption during ‘the good times, that they forget there may be not so good times coming and the money grafted could go a long way to easing things for everybody not just the one or two of Lula’s cronies and him.

I really do hope I am wrong, but I think there is going to be an almighty “train wreck” with FIFA and the Olympics, Brazil is shooting too high given the problems they have.
Aug 02nd, 2013 - 02:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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macsilvinho
I will donate Mercopress 80 billion pounds!
Aug 03rd, 2013 - 04:53 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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