EDITORIAL – It was to be a source of pride, the culmination of a soft power and economic development strategy called “National Vision 2030”. The organization by Qatar of the 22nd edition of the Football World Cup, the first disputed in Arab-Muslim land, obtained twelve years ago at the expense of the United States, however, continues to arouse controversy.
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From obtaining it, therefore, always controversial because shrouded in a thick veil of suspicion of corruption, to its cost staggering (6 billion euros for the construction of the eight necessary stadiums), including the working conditions of the thousands of workers from South Asia and Africa, the non-respect of human rights (especially concerning homosexuals) or the ecological nonsense of the most energy-intensive edition in the history of the competition.
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