SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian government says it’s not worried with the pace of preparations for the 2014 World Cup even though it announced that only 5 percent of all the planned projects have been completed.
With about two years left before the World Cup, the government said Wednesday that 41 percent of the infrastructure work across the country is yet to start, and 15 percent of those projects are still in the planning stages.
But Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo and other officials said the country’s preparations are progressing according to schedule.
Rebelo also downplayed renewed criticism from Sepp Blatter about Brazil’s pace of preparations, hinting the FIFA president has been influenced by pessimistic views about the work being done in the South American nation.
