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Brazil: In the Shadow of the Stadiums

Brazil is hosting the 2014 World Cup, but the build-up has been overshadowed by violent protests against the spiralling cost of staging the tournament.

Next week, the 'beautiful game' is coming home. Brazil, the most successful nation in football history, is hosting the 2014 World Cup. But the build-up has been overshadowed by violent protests against the spiralling cost of staging the tournament. In a country where a quarter of the population live in extreme poverty, there's widespread anger at what's perceived as the increasing divide between the rich and poor. The multi-million pound new stadiums sit alongside an epidemic of drug addiction and child prostitution. Tonight Panorama reveals the shame of a country where children as young as 12 sell their bodies for the price of a soft drink, where drug cartels control whole swathes of city centres and where the poor are feeling more dispossessed than ever before.

50 minutes

Last on

Wed 4 Jun 201423:35

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterChris Rogers
ProducerMarshall Corwin
ProducerMark Alden
EditorTom Giles

Broadcasts

  • Wed 4 Jun 201422:35
  • Wed 4 Jun 201423:05
  • Wed 4 Jun 201423:35