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36 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 13 Mar \ parent \ on: Hypocrites: Rainforest Decimated To Build Mega Road For UN Climate Change Summit Politics_And_Law
When you look at who was running in the last Brazil Presidential race Jair Bolsonaro had a ton of support in "developing" the Amazon. He lifted a ton of restriction and let the ag sector slash and burn a lot of areas.
Silva ran on protecting the environment and not being a far right person lol. According to the article from the BBC I posted just a few minutes ago (sorry it wasnt flagged for similarities I have asked K00b about that!) the project had been around since 2012 but environmental concerns kept shelving it.
Brazil is likely going to fall into the same mistake they made with both the Olympics and the World Cup... build a lot of stuff that is only used for a couple weeks and then it falls into disrepair/disarray. I mean they are building out the airport to handle 14 million passengers a year when it currently only has 2.7 million passengers a year.
Exactly. That’s why I said we know them well. Countless overpriced projects with suspicious companies involved. Projects stuck in planning for years until an unnecessary event happens and suddenly we “need” them urgently. “How convenient” should be Brazil’s motto.
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It sadly seems to be a thing for every country when it comes to big events like the Olympics, World Cup, etc. I know that the LA Summer Olympics only got support from the city/state because they are putting up temporary buildings for some of the events and upgrading others instead of rebuilding or building whole new complexes.
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