June 21, 2013
As the protests in Brazil continue, one of the primary issues that has emerged is the vast sums of money and resources the government is allocating for several high profile sporting events. Demonstrators say that vital services, like healthcare, education and transportation remain underfunded while Brazil is on pace to spend up to $40 billion dollars on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament.
That’s according to a Brazilian senate report released in 2011. That project has led to the forced removal of thousands of mostly-poor, urban residents from Brazilian cities, and a housing crisis that reveals the inequality gap that some residents are protesting. Raquel Rolnik is the UN’s Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing. She joins us from Sao Paulo.
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Source: Free Speech Radio News
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