[still in the off-topic] *Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be > sustainable*. >
Don't need to hope no more, hotels in Rio are *already* expensive because of the World Cup renovations (is impossible to get a hotel in Rio for less than 100 USD/night) and I do believe the price will double in 2014 and only drop after 2016 (after yet another "let's-rob-the-people-and-impress- foreigners" event) _____ *Béria Lima* *Imagine um mundo onde é dada a qualquer pessoa a possibilidade de ter livre acesso ao somatório de todo o conhecimento humano. Ajude-nos a construir esse sonho. <http://wikimedia.pt/Donativos>* On 29 March 2013 20:09, Everton Zanella Alvarenga < [email protected]> wrote: > [off-topic] > > > 2013/3/29 Matthew Roth <[email protected]> > > > > I hear 2014 will be a very busy year in Brasil > > Some sport thing with a ball and a large green pitch :) > > Yeah, we are going to have the world cup, where millions and millions > of reais (our currency) is going to corrupts to an event that lasts > only a few days and only high middle class to rich people (and > foreigners, hey!) will have access to. > > And silly people believe in the silly arguments of economical benefits > from this crap. Just hace a look at South Africa case. :( > > Fortunately, I hope I will stay far from Brazil to don't see this, > because only who live here and use Brazilian public services (I am not > mentioneing the blind middle class) will see the consequences in the > mid and long term of so much corruption. > > Hopefully hotels will be so expensive that Wikimania here won't be > sustainable. > > Tom > > -- > Everton Zanella Alvarenga (also Tom) > OKFN Brasil - Rede pelo Conhecimento Livre > http://br.okfn.org > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l
