World Cup Billionaire Stirs Brazil Protests Over Stadiums

Cesar Mata Pires represents everything protesters in Brazil detest.

When demonstrators across the country swarmed new World Cup soccer stadiums last month amid a haze of tear gas and rubber bullets, one placard punctuated their anger over the government’s decision to finance the arenas at the expense of taxpayers, which enriched a handful of well-connected tycoons while neglecting public services.