#fifacorruption

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This abhorrent image shows Qatari officials stopping a live broadcast with an Argentinian disabled person. People have flagged double standards on how the Qatar World Cup is being judged Vs. say Russia or Brazil; whilst the latter also were incredibly problematic, each should be judged independently & not compared of against another, as some form of exemption or lessening of their atrocities. Human rights in Qatar are appalling. THAT 👏🏻 IS 👏🏻 A 👏🏻 FACT 👏🏻 Those from already marginalised communities are treated as sub-human. It’s widely reported that the death toll of migrant workers building Qatari stadiums hit 6,500. The number reported by Qatari officials is 34. If there is not an issue or anything nefarious, why is there such a tremendous discrepancy in these numbers. Being part of the LGBTQ+ community is illegal with prison time & even death as punishment. And despite it being reported to be the most accessible World Cup ever, this image/scenario shows how disabled people are really treated. Anyone telling others to suck it up, stop bringing politics into football, or ‘respect their culture’ needs to, politely… STFU. DISCRIMINATION IS NOT CULTURE. #FootballShouldBeForEveryone #FIFAcorruption #HumanRightsViolations #SportsWashing https://www.instagram.com/p/ClYzU4loevh/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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#qatarsangredineroyfutbol #qatarsangriento #qataropresor #fifacorruption #mundialdesangre #alemania🇩🇪 #deutchland🇩🇪 #germany🇩🇪 #qatar🇶🇦 #fifaworldcupqatar2022 #fifa #figaworldcup2022 https://www.instagram.com/p/ClTnJ7ku1Cg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[adrianveramusic]

A little Asado at Mercado Buenos Aires to help me cope with this #Messi situation #fifacorruption (at Mercado Buenos Aires)

[hostcitybooking]

Hey Blog mundo voltamos!! (FALTEM 6 DIAS!!!) we were in full-on Host City Booking flow, when a very welcome distraction, a pretty big one actually, arose, and we have being try to catch up with all things Copa ever since.

As many of you may know in another world (continent) we are entertainment event managers and specifically our main bag is comedy promotion! We created the first professional English language comedy show in Spain in 2002 and have run gigs in Barcelona and Madrid ever since, so we are the ‘go to’ people for anyone interested in performing comedy in Spain and still run www.barcelonacomedyfestival.com and www.madridcomedyfestival.com. 

So… occasionally, we get something very special that we can’t help but make happen… and it had to be big! to draw our attention away from the Copa… it was!! Eddie Izzard is comedy royalty, the first comic to play the Hollywood Bowl, sold out Madison Square Garden and for non comedy fans you will know him from movies like Oceans Eleven and more. Eddie is Hollywood. and also famous for performing comedy in different languages, our Barcelona festival is the world’s first and only multilingual comedy festival, so we had been chasing him for a number of years. Eddie has always performed first in English, French (from his Yemeni background), but he has added German and this time that other major language to his arsenal, Spanish!

We arranged and sold out 6 special intimate gigs in Madrid at short  notice allowing him the opportunity to get under the skin of the city & culture and take language lessons during those days whilst trying out a couple of mins of comedy every night.

Anyway that was our distraction and the intention is over the next couple of weeks, DESPITE ALL YOUR BAD PRESS the world cup is going to happen...

It will make billions for the most corrupt sports administration on the planet, but the money is gone and the next month will be the most incredible human theatre live every day. There is a bit of a groundswell against FIFA a result of the obviously corrupt 2018 & 2022 awarding processes.  Brasil 2014 can be the moment that finally takes the Blatter autocracy down and that in itself can be worth everything

I have been saddened by all the bad press and hype and personally feel that the Brazilian people deserve better, so this blog over the next weeks will focus on all that is great about this most enigmatic country through it's most animated moment!

Have learned the anthem, have got my t-shirts hats, etc  have tickets for some of the games, this world cup will be the greatest and Brasil under Felipão is ready to add another star to that emblem!!