Playing the 2014 World Cup

Overview

With the clock ticking down to Brazil’s hosting of the World Cup in June 2014, nervous officials are starting to reconsider some of their once-ambitious projects for the global sporting event. Although five-time champion Brazil won the right to host the event in October 2007, the government has frittered away most of the lead time it was given to build or to renovate the necessary airport infrastructure, light transport, stadiums and other tourist infrastructure in its dozen host...