In a follow up to this site’s recent reports on Brazil’s two main presidential candidates for the October elections, the presently third-placed hopeful has also made some encouraging promises concerning the future of sport in the country.
Marina Silva from Brazil’s Green Party (PV) indicated that she would focus on the development of amateur sport and community infrastructure if elected, in an attempt to address some of the country’s health issues, placing less emphasis on high performance sport and the Rio 2016 Olympics medal tally.
Silva also stated that she would set up a new temporary agency to oversee Brazil’s three major events set for the coming years: the Rio +20 economic development event, the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics. Beyond dealing simultaneously with Brazil´s growing infrastructure bottlenecks, particularly airports and urban mobility, the agency would also ensure that the preparations for all three events are in line with sustainable design and environmentally friendly principles, one of the key aspects of the Silva agenda.
As reported previously, the two leading presidential candidates, Dilma Rousseff and Jose Serra, have similar policies in relation to sport and Brazil´s major event agenda, promising to improve airports and urban transport systems while also focusing on developing high performance sport in the country.