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Five sad and shocking facts about World Cup corruption in Brazil

By Marissa Payne May 12

Brasilia’s World Cup stadium is the second-most expensive in the world. (Eraldo Peres/AP)

This is not a feel-good story. With just more than a month until the World Cup kicks off in Brazil, the Associated Press came out with a scathing report today outlining the outsize corruption and skyrocketing costs that have marred the country’s preparations. Here are the five saddest and most shocking things we learned:
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