Ahead of FIFA World Cup, Brazil scrub drug vendors

Brazil, Nov 26: Following the increase number of drug trafficking, Brazil government decided to knockdown the drug vendors in the country.
Brazil, decided to clean the city within the time before hosting FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Olympic Games in 2016,
Rio de Janerio, which is a slum in Shantytown city, found to be one of the most powerful and most dangerous place, where trafficking gangs are based.

The offencive part of police to control the crime in Rio's drug driven slum, known as Favelas.

More than 1700, police officers have taken possitioned and encircled all suspected places and till know atleast 30 suspected drug traffickers have been belt down, since the operation began on Sunday Nov 21.
"The armed drug gang members have been seen fleeing the Vila Cruzeiro slum(a neighbour slum)", a police official informed reporters.
The escaped offenders, attacked police station in northern Rio on Nov 21. Then the violence broke out in the city . Atleast 180 people have been detained, weapons and drugs have been seized from them. Since the violation began atleast 60 vechicals including nearly a dozen buses have been set a blaze.

Brazil's World Cup heroes swap football for politics

(CNN) -- When one of Brazil's newly-elected congressmen rose to give their victory address, his speech was delivered with all the confidence of a political pro.

"The 150,000 people who believed in me can rest assured that I will become a great politician," he told Brazil's Globo TV network.

But the man elected as a federal deputy in Rio de Janeiro was anything but the stereotypical statesman. It was, in fact, Romario, one of Brazil's most feted and controversial footballing legends who helped his nation win the 1994 World Cup.

FIFA to Approve Sao Paulo Stadium for Brazil 2014 World Cup

(WFI) FIFA officials will travel to Brazil next week to seek assurances from 2014 World Cup organisers that a new Sao Paulo stadium plan can secure the necessary financial backing to ensure South America's largest city is part of the tournament. Sao Paulo's participation in the World Cup has been a source of major concern for FIFA over the past year.

Sao Paulo's Morumbi Stadium was originally slated to host the opening game but earlier this year was dropped from Brazil's list of proposed host stadia due to a lack of financial guarantees for renovations to meet FIFA requirements.

Brazil's sports minister Orlando Silva said only two weeks ago that the city's status as the host of the opening match was in doubt because local authorities had been slow to get guarantees together a viable stadium plan.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter and secretary general Jerome Valcke will be keen to approve the alternative stadium proposal when they meet with 2014 local organizing committee chiefs, including FIFA Ex-co member Ricardo Teixeira, on the sidelines of the Soccerex Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro in 10 days time.