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Article

27 Nov 2013

Author:
New York Times

Deadly accident at stadium raises worry on Brazil’s World Cup aims [Brazil]

…At least two workers were killed...when a construction crane collapsed at the stadium in São Paulo where Brazil plans to hold the opening game of next year’s World Cup…Odebrecht, the Brazilian firm building the stadium, halted construction but said that work was expected to resume on Monday.“Everything was being done according to procedure,” Frederico Barbosa, the construction site’s manager, told The Associated Press. “We will have to wait for the investigation to find out what caused the crane to collapse.”The São Paulo stadium project, which obtained more than $175 million in financing from Brazil’s national development bank, is intended to be used by Corinthians...in addition to being the site of six World Cup games…