Brazil's WCup: Anger over waste, poor planning
![An aerial view of a project, known locally as "The Big Ditch," to reroute one of three main traffic arteries in Cuiaba, Brazil.: An aerial view of a project, known locally as "The Big Ditch," to reroute one of three main traffic arteries in Cuiaba, Brazil.]({"default":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/41/689897e1c666cb93c729e35c2143b/_h366_w650_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg","fill":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/41/689897e1c666cb93c729e35c2143b/_h338_w600_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg","snap":"http://newsbcpcol.stb.s-msn.com/amnews/i/41/689897e1c666cb93c729e35c2143b/_h210_w320_m6_otrue_lfalse.jpg"})
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The debris in this small city in western Brazil is part of the grand-scale mess of unfulfilled promises. Unfinished infrastructure projects were supposed to create a new metropolis, with modern roads and a light-rail system to whiz passengers to the city center from a gleaming 21st century airport in time for this year's World Cup. From the look of things, they won't be done in Cuiaba — or in the country's other 11 host cities, where many construction plans are hopelessly behind schedule, or have been canceled.
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