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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this March 4, 2014 photo, a worker takes a break at the construction site of the Marechal Rondon airport in Cuiaba, Brazil. The mess is one of hundreds in this small city in western Brazil that has been sliced apart by unfulfilled promises that dozens of World Cup infrastructure projects would leave behind a new metropolis, with modern roads and a light-rail system to whiz passengers from a gleaming new 21st century airport. And the chaos is being repeated in Brazil’s other 11 host cities, where many construction plans are hopelessly behind schedule. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Vargas)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - This Jan. 10, 2014 photo released by Portal da Copa, shows a view of the Marechal Rondon airport in Cuiaba, Brazil. The mess is one of hundreds in this small city in western Brazil that has been sliced apart by unfulfilled promises that dozens of World Cup infrastructure projects would leave behind a new metropolis, with modern roads and a light-rail system to whiz passengers from a gleaming new 21st century airport. And the chaos is being repeated in Brazil’s other 11 host cities, where many construction plans are hopelessly behind schedule. (AP Photo/Portal da Copa, Jose Medeiros)
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ADVANCE FOR SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 2014 AND THEREAFTER - In this March 5, 2014 photo, construction continues on a project, known locally as "The Big Ditch," to reroute one of three main traffic arteries, in Cuiaba, Brazil. 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 summer’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. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Vargas)
