With less than two months to go until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, the country’s favelas are heating up once again.
While the exact numbers have yet to be tallied, the World Cup will likely run around 300 percent over budget and sport a $4 billion price tag. Chump change to Vladimir Putin and his $50 billion Sochi Winter Olympic Games, but still quite a load for a country where 16 million people earn less than $30 a month.
VICE News Capsule - Monday, March 24
The VICE News Capsule is a daily roundup that looks beyond the headlines. Today: protests in Bahrain, Ethiopia’s dam project, Spain austerity protests and Brazil pacifying its favelas.
Many Haitians dream of finding economic prosperity in Brazil…but, for most of the newcomers, the journey there is rife with difficulties. Read more at vice news.