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    segunda-feira, junho 10, 2013

    Brazil prepares for World Cup as criticism mounts over cost

     

    When the heart of the Amazon was among the richest places on Earth, local rubber barons flaunted their incredible wealth by building a spectacular opera house in Manaus with British steel, French glass and Italian marble. At great expense, they shipped construction materials across the Atlantic and down the Rio Negro, then filled their new venue in the forest with the world's leading musicians and conductors. Even by the standards of the late 19th-century Belle Epoque, some considered this an extravagant folly. But those behind the scheme saw themselves as pushing back the boundaries of their civilisation. More than a century later, a similar spectacle is being prepared, but this time the sultry capital of Amazonas will not be staging La Gioconda; it will be hosting the World Cup.

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    Brazil prepares for World Cup as criticism mounts over cost | World news | The Guardian

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