The FIFA World Cup, or more commonly refered to as the World Cup is a global sports event that is organized once every 4 years. The most recent World Cup is hosted in the largest country in South America, Brazil, which is held from the 12th of June till the 13th of July of this year. The event has caused many troublesome effects on Brazil as a whole such as, rising inflation, decreasing jobs after the event, and spending government resources badly. According to Oxford English Dictionary, inflation is defined as the general increase in prices of goods and the fall in the purchasing value of money (Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 2012). The World Cup has caused Brazil to experience a rise in the inflation rate. On January of 2014, the
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One of the example of this is the existence of many squatter houses all around Brazil. The Brazilian refer to these large communities as ‘favelas’, which houses those who are very poor. Favelas are usually lacking in infrastructure and public services and a guess of around 14% of Brazilian (around 25 million people) lives in these communities in 2004 (Squatting, 2014). This figure shows that millions of people are living in poverty. Instead of wasting billions of dollars for the World Cup, the government should opt spending their resources to help these people by building housing settlements. Other than this, the resources should also be spent in improving their police force. In a study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted in 2013, for every 100,000 Brazilian, around 25.2 will die due to intentional homicide (around 50,000 people) (UNODC, 2014). This alarming figure, is one of the highest in the world is rising steadily every year (rate in 2007 is 23.5 per 100,000). As a comparison, Malaysia’s rate is only at 2.3 per 100,000. Most of the homicide happens in favelas. This statistic alone shows us just how bad that crimes in Brazil are. All the crimes could be reduced if Brazil uses the funding for the World Cup to employ more policeman and policewoman to patrol the
One of the example of this is the existence of many squatter houses all around Brazil. The Brazilian refer to these large communities as ‘favelas’, which houses those who are very poor. Favelas are usually lacking in infrastructure and public services and a guess of around 14% of Brazilian (around 25 million people) lives in these communities in 2004 (Squatting, 2014). This figure shows that millions of people are living in poverty. Instead of wasting billions of dollars for the World Cup, the government should opt spending their resources to help these people by building housing settlements. Other than this, the resources should also be spent in improving their police force. In a study by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) conducted in 2013, for every 100,000 Brazilian, around 25.2 will die due to intentional homicide (around 50,000 people) (UNODC, 2014). This alarming figure, is one of the highest in the world is rising steadily every year (rate in 2007 is 23.5 per 100,000). As a comparison, Malaysia’s rate is only at 2.3 per 100,000. Most of the homicide happens in favelas. This statistic alone shows us just how bad that crimes in Brazil are. All the crimes could be reduced if Brazil uses the funding for the World Cup to employ more policeman and policewoman to patrol the