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World Cup Controversy

14-15 Ethics Bowl

Case #10

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Brasilia

Sao

Paulo#1

Rio de

Janeiro#2

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2014 World Cup Facts• 64 matches played in 12 cities across Brazil in new or

refurbished stadiums

• 2nd time Brazil played host, having done so in 1950

• Estimated cost: greater than $11 billion

– The most expensive World Cup since the

competition began 84 years ago

• Ticket prices range from

$10 to $50,000

• 1.6 million tickets sold by April 1

– 155,000 to U.S. buyers

– 2nd largest group behind locals

• 2016 Olympics in Rio

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2014 World Cup Problems

• Charges of corruption and accusations of over spending

• Many stadiums poorly built

• Complaints about money being spent on 2014 World Cup

and 2016 Olympics instead of health, education, and

infrastructure

– $900 million spent on Estadio Nacional arena in Brasilia

• triple the original estimate

• 2nd most expensive soccer stadium in the world

• No local team there to use the stadium

after the games are over

• Local residents say many promised

development projects have been

delayed or never materialized

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Protests

• Protests started in June 2013 over rising bus fare

– Policed poorly, with officers accused of firing rubber

bullets and tear gas at peaceful protesters

• Mainly peaceful

– Small groups have:

• Thrown rocks at police, wounding 5 officers

• Set fire to a car and vandalized

a state assembly building

• Set fire to garbage

cans and shops

– Booed by most participants,

who called for peaceful protest

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Protests

• Brasilia: people breached security at the National Congress

building and scaled its roof (2013)

• Rio: 200 marched before Brazil’s match against Cameroon in

protest of the tournament and police violence in favelas; 50

demonstrators set fire to a paper replica of the World Cup

trophy and the Brazilian flag

• Sao Paulo: few hundred demonstrators marched peacefully

• Continued during the World Cup, but shrunk in size due

to loss of popular support as country

became more engrossed in

tournament

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“For many years, the government has been feeding corruption. People are

demonstrating against the system.”

“We don’t have good schools for our kids. Our hospitals are in awful shape.

Corruption is rife. These protests will make history and wake our politicians up

to the fact that we’re not taking it anymore.”

“We need better education, hospitals and security, not billions spent on the

World Cup.”

“We’re a rich country with a lot of money, but the money doesn’t go to those

who need it most.”

“The party in the stadiums is not worth tears in the favelas.”

“We want health, education, and who gives

a *** if Brazil are champions.” (Banner)

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Protests• Bystanders watch protests and sympathize with

protestors:

– “It’s peaceful and doesn’t spoil the party at all. I

think FIFA should give back more because it

benefits so much.” –biologist from San Diego

– “The money is going to FIFA and not to this

country.” –retired teacher from Britain

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Protests• Heavy police presence ensured protests don’t get too close to visiting

fans or disrupt transportation

• Thousands of extra police and soldiers deployed to ensure matches

get underway smootly

• Most fizzled out with no arrests

• Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo warned: “The government assumed the

responsibility and the honor to stage these two international events,

and will do so, ensuring the security and integrity of the fans and

tourists.”

• United Nations High Commissioner

for Human Rights, Navi Pillay,

warned: “We urge the Brazilian

authorities to exercise restraint

in dealing with spreading social

problems in the country, and also call on

demonstrators not to resort to acts

of violence in support of their demands.”

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Response to Criticisms• Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff:

– “The pessimists” have been defeated by the determination

of the Brazilian people.

– Defended the $11 billion expenditure

• Calling it a “false dilemma” that World Cup spending

diminished investments in health and education

• Budget for these areas from 2010-2013 was many times

greater than the investment in stadiums

• “World Cup accounts are being meticulously scrutinized by the

country’s auditing institutions”

– Rejected criticism of overspending

• Tournament will leave a lasting

legacy of infrastructure

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“favela”n. Brazilian shack or shanty town; slum

• Politically correct: “community”

• Consist of settlements within a city, usually located on hills or

risk areas, and are home to a poor or marginalized population

• Characterized by unstable housing, little or no public security,

lack of basic social services, and a predominance of informal

commerce and illegal transactions, dominated by armed

criminal gangs

• 11.4 million people in Brazil living in favelas

– More than the entire population of Portugal

– Would be the 9th most populated city in Brazil

• Pacifying Police Units (UPP’s)

transformed favelas

– Pro: Improved conditions and economy,

– Murder and violent crime down

– Con: Reports of police abuse

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Pacified Rio CupEduardo Paes, Mayor

• Aims to be more than just another one-time event

• Calls upon the private sector to take part in the social transformation

of favelas by providing construction or renovation of local soccer

fields, which will stay in the community long after the cup is over

• Will recruit residents to collaborate with the renovations, thus

generating temporary work operations for locals

“It is a win-win situation for both the

companies and the people living in the

communities. People in the favelas will not

only enjoy great soccer matches with the

presence of their idols but also have great

soccer matches. Long after the Pacified Rio

Cup is over, it will leave legacies for the

communities such as the renovation of

playing fields and the opening of soccer schools

in the favelas. Private companies will

be the main responsible for this revolution.”

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Santa Marta

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Vidigal

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Taveras Bastos

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Taveras Bastos

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Questions to Consider

1. Was it ethical for the Brazilian government to host the

World Cup, when some of the public funds it used

could potentially have been spent on improving the

nation’s education and health care systems? If not,

does this mean that only nations with top-notch social

services should have the privilege of hosting large

international events?

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Questions to Consider

2. Is it morally permissible for the affluent to

spend huge sums of money on traveling and

attending an event such as the World Cup when

others are living in extreme poverty?

3. What obligations, if any, do the

wealthy have to those who are

not as fortunate?