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44. Ibid.
45. Elizabeth Shockman, Denis Dyomkin, and Alissa de Carbonnel, “Olympic-Sized Corruption Plagues Sochi Winter Games, Report Claims,” Reuters, http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/30 /18631119-olympic-sized-corruption-plagues-sochi-winter-games-report -claims?lite.
46. Simon Shuster, “Fortress Sochi: Russia’s Security Plan Risks Killing the Olympic Spirit,” TIME, January 7, 2014, http://world.time.com/2014/01 /07/fortress-sochi-russias-security-plan-risks-the-killing-olympic-spirit /#ixzz2qd0a9y4A.
47. Joshua Yaffa, “The Waste and Corruption of Vladimir Putin’s 2014 Winter Olympics,” Businessweek, January 2, 2014, www.businessweek.com /articles/2014-01-02/the-2014-winter-olympics-in-sochi-cost-51-billion.
48. Timothy Hopkins and Maxim Shemtov, “High Stakes for Putin as His Olympic Dream Nears,” Reuters, October 9, 2013, www.reuters.com /article/2013/10/09/us-olympics-russia-idUSBRE9980EC20131009.
49. Associated Press, “Sochi Games Run-Up a Hotbed of Corruption: Kremlin Critic,” May 30, 2013, www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/sochi-games-run -up-a-hotbed-of-corruption-kremlin-critic-1.1368218.
50. Katie McDonough, “First Tourists Arrested under Russia’s Ban on ‘Gay Propaganda,’” Salon, July 22, 2013, www.salon.com/2013/07/22/first_tourists _arrested_under_russias_ban_on_gay_propaganda; Cavan Sieczkowski, “Dutch Tourists Jailed under Russia’s ‘Gay Propaganda’ Law,” Huffington Post, July 24, 2013, www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/22/dutch-tourists -jailed-russia-gay_n_3635803.html.
51. BBC News, “Arrests over ‘Anti-Gay’ Murder in Volgograd Russia,” May 13, 2013, www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22509019.
52. Thomas Grove and Steve Gutterman, “Russia’s Gays Fear More Violence after Brutal Murder,” Reuters, May 13, 2013, www.reuters.com/article /2013/05/13/us-russia-gay-idUSBRE94C0AX20130513.
53. Russia Today, “Nobody Will Face Discrimination at Sochi Olympics, Putin Pledges,” January 16, 2014, http://rt.com/news/putin-sochi -olympics-discrimination-709.
54. Harvey Fierstein, “Russia’s Anti-Gay Crackdown,” New York Times, July 21, 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/07/22/opinion/russias-anti-gay-crackdown.html.
55. Pete Pattisson, “Revealed: Qatar’s World Cup ‘Slaves,’” Guardian, September 25, 2013, www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/revealed-qatars -world-cup-slaves.
56. Ibid.
57. Robert Booth, “Qatar World Cup Construction ‘Will Leave 4,000 Migrant Workers Dead,’” Guardian, September 26, 2013, www.theguardian.com /global-development/2013/sep/26/qatar-world-cup-migrant-workers-dead.
58. Rachel Czyszczewski, “Squatter’s Rights: The Basics,” Rio on Watch, October 7, 2011, http://rioonwatch.org/?p=1987.
Chapter 7
1. Galeano, Open Veins of Latin America, 64.
2. Czyszczewski, “Squatter’s Rights.”
3. Fiona Hurrell, “Rio Favela Population Largest in Brazil,” Rio Times, December 23, 2011, http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio-politics /rios-favela-population-largest-in-brazil/#.
4. McCann, Hard Times in the Marvelous City, 35.
5. Tom Phillips, “Rio World Cup Demolitions Leave Favela Families Trapped in Ghost Town,” Guardian, April 26, 2011, www.theguardian.com /world/2011/apr/26/favela-ghost-town-rio-world-cup.
6. Ibid.
7. Ibid.
8. Matthew Elliot, “Vila Autódromo Community Avoids Eviction,” Rio Times, August 13, 2013, http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/rio -politics/vila-autodromo-community-avoids-eviction.
9. Malte Warburg Sørensen, “Mega Events in Rio de Janeiro—The Case of Vila Autódromo: Community Planning as Resistance to Forced Evictions,” master’s thesis, Roskilde University (Roskilde, Denmark), 2013, www.academia.edu/3005429/Mega_Events_in_Rio_de_Janeiro_-_The _Case_of_Vila_Autodromo_Community_Planning_as_Resistance_to _Forced_Evictions.
10. See also Erica Tapley, “The Story of Dona Rita,” Rio on Watch, September 24, 2012, http://rioonwatch.org/?p=5199.
Conclusion
1. Dave Zirin, “Eduardo Galeano Speaks Out on Brazil’s World Cup Protests,” Nation, June 26, 2013, www.thenation.com/blog/174999 /eduardo-galeano-speaks-out-brazils-world-cup-protests.
2. Wright Thompson, “Generation June,” ESPN: The Magazine, December 5, 2013, http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/10079392 /generation-june.
3. Samantha Pearson, “Brazil: Can a Marketing Strategy Be Too Successful?” Financial Times, September 23, 2013, www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/439afd42 -1b96-11e3-b678-00144feab7de.html#axzz2qzYKavfi.
4. Jonathan Watts, “Brazil Protests Erupt over Public Services and World Cup Costs,” Guardian, June 18, 2013, www.theguardian.com/world/2013 /jun/18/brazil-protests-erupt-huge-scale.
5. Yuseph Katiya and Simon Benoit-Guyod, “Transport Fee Hikes and Police Repression Inspire Protests across Brazil,” Media Co-Op, June 17, 2013, www.mediacoop.ca/story/transport-fee-hikes-and-police-repression-inspire /18018.
6. Shasta Darlington, “Protesters, Police Clash in Demonstration against Bus Fare Increases in Brazil,” CNN.com, June 14, 2013, www.cnn.com/2013 /06/14/world/americas/brazil-fare-protests.
7. Vanessa Barbara, “Brazil’s Vinegar Uprising,” New York Times, June 21, 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/06/22/opinion/brazils-vinegar-uprising.html.
8. Chris Gaffney, private email communication, June 17, 2013, quoted with permission.
9. Paul Szoldra, “Protests Spreading across Brazil Are Getting Ugly,” Business Insider, June 17, 2013, www.businessinsider.com/protests-are-spreading-across -brazil-and-theyre-getting-ugly-2013-6; Todd Benson and Asher Levine, “Protests Build in Brazil as Discontent Spreads,” Reuters, June 17, 2013, www .reuters.com/article/2013/06/17/us-brazil-protests-idUSBRE95G15S20130617.
10. Yuseph Katiya, private communication, June 2013.
11. Dave Zirin, “Mass World Cup Protests Rock Brazil,” Nation, June 18, 2013, www.thenation.com/blog/174844/we-want-health-and-education -world-cup-out-mass-protests-rock-brazil.
12. David Kent, “Brazil President Rousseff Defends Public Spending on World Cup as Protests Continue,” Daily Mail, June 22, 2013; FoxSports.com, “FIFA shows Support in Brazil WC Plans,” June 22, 2013, http://msn.foxsports .com/foxsoccer/worldcup/story/fifa-has-confidence-that-brazil-can-host -world-cup-2014-despite-protests-062213.
13. Associated Press, “Sepp Blatter.”
14. Associated Press, “Romário, Ronaldo at Odds over Brazil World Cup,” July 11, 2013, http://bigstory.ap.org/article/romario-ronaldo-odds-over -brazil-world-cup.
15. Tom Etherton, “Brazil-Mexico: Neymar Voices Support for Protests,” Sambafoot, June 19, 2013, www.sambafoot.com/en/news/48748_brazil -mexico__neymar_voices_support_for_protests.html
16. Reuters, “Neymar Stars as Brazil Triumphs at Confederations Cup,” New York Times, June 20, 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/06/20/sports/soccer /neymar-stars-as-brazil-triumphs-at-confederations-cup.html.
17. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, “The Message of Brazil’s Youth,” New York Times, July 16, 2013, www.nytimes.com/2013/07/17/opinion/global/lula -da-silva-the-message-of-brazils-youth.html.
18. Tariq Panja, “World Cup Organizers Tell Brazil Protestors Event Creates Jobs,” Businessweek, June 24, 2013, http://www.businessweek.com/news /2013-06-24/world-cup-organizers-tell-brazil-protestors-event-creates-jobs.
19. John Lyons and Paul Kiernan, “Middle-Class Brazil Finds Its Voice in Protests,” Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2013, http://online.wsj.com/news /articles/SB10001424127887324021104578553491848777544?mg=reno64-wsj&url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424127887324021104578553491848777544.html.
20. Associated Press, “Brazilian Leaders Reverse Bus and Subway Fare Hikes,” USA Today, June 19, 2013, www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013 /06/19/brazil-protests-bus-subway-fare/2440287.
21. Gibson and Watts, “Brazil Plans ‘World Cup Courts.’”
22. Luca Persico, “Romário: ‘There’s No Good Schools, There’s No Good Hospitals—How Can There Be a World Cup?’” Reuters, in Sambafoot, Octo
ber 17, 2013, www.sambafoot.com/en/news/53063_romario_____there ___s_no_good_schools__there___s_no_good_hospitals_____ how_can_there_be_a_world_cup____.html.
23. Quoted in Ivone Gebara, Longing for Running Water: Ecofeminism and Liberation (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 1999), 25.
About the Author
© Michele Bollinger
Dave Zirin is the author of five books, including Game Over, Bad Sports, A People’s History of Sports in the United States, Welcome to the Terrordome, and What’s My Name, Fool? and is the coauthor, with John Carlos, of The John Carlos Story. He writes the popular weekly sports blog Edge of Sports and is a regular contributor to SportsIllustrated.com, SLAM, the Los Angeles Times, and the Nation, where he is the publication’s first sports editor.