Brazil and the World Cup

Brazil is a country located in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country. It borders Guayana Francesa, Surinam, Guyana and Venezuela to the North; Colombia to the Northwest; Bolivia and Peru to the West; Paraguay and Argentina to the Southeast, and Uruguay to the South. Its capital city is Brasilia and its largest city is Sao Paulo. Its total population is 201,032,714 inhabitants. Its official language is Portuguese and Catholicism is its predominant religion. The form of government in Brazil is a federal presidential republic, where the president is Dilma Rousseff.

 Lately, a series of protests have been occurring in Brazil due to the people’s discontent with the ruling, the Brazilian political system in general, the economic mismanagement, corruption and the rising taxes. But one of the most important reasons for people’s discontent is the 2014 World Cup, which they see as a waste of public resources because of the building of stadiums and the associated works in a country with major problems of education and health. I believe that making the World Cup in Brazil has been very harmful to the country since expenditures totaled 14.000 millions of dollars, an excessive amount of money for a country with so many internal issues. My prediction for the World Cup in Brazil is that Chile will surprise everyone, will leave out Spain and Brazil and will win the World Cup against Argentina, winning 3-2.