03/04/2014

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2014 is a big year for Brazil on the world stage: it hosts the World Cup and then goes to the polls in presidential elections. But preparations for the tournament have been marred by deaths of workers building the stadiums and continued protests - sometimes violent - against the cost of the event. At the same time, President Rousseff has been accused of turning her back on Brazil's global and regional responsibilities. Is this fair criticism? Is the country retreating from the world? In a special debate from Rio de Janeiro, Ritula Shah talks to a distinguished panel at the Brazilian Centre for International Relations, CEBRI. Taking part: Luis Augusto de Castro Neves, President of CEBRI. Kjeld Jakobsen from the governing Workers' Party, PT. Samantha Pearson from the Financial Times. Paulo Wrobel from the BRICS Institute in Rio.