Latin America

Insurance company Liberty Seguros has been unveiled as the latest National Supporter of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

The Brazilian government may be violating human rights by evicting families to make way for preparations ahead of the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Rio, according to a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council.

Only two of 13 airport terminal construction projects are on schedule to be completed by the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil, according to a research group backed by the country’s government.

The host cities of the next two editions of the Summer Olympics have been awarded key competitions by the International Canoe Federation (ICF), which has confirmed a swathe of future event destinations.

FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke has confirmed he will attend this year’s Soccerex Global Convention in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

More than 100,000 spectators flocked to the inaugural Mundialito de Clubes beach soccer tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil, according to organisers of the event.

The organising committee for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro has launched a tender to recruit a company that will be responsible for delivering the opening and closing ceremonies at the Games.

Ricardo Teixeira, the president of the 2014 FIFA World Cup organising committee, has tried to play down fears that stadia at Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo could miss out on staging games during the tournament.

FIFA president Sepp Blatter has admitted Brazil’s preparations ahead of hosting the 2014 World Cup are “not progressing very quickly”.

Brazil’s government plans a “name and shame” approach to accelerate the country’s preparations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup and 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The governments of Argentina and Uruguay have confirmed that they will support a joint bid for the 2030 FIFA World Cup.

Sportel has announced that its spring convention will take place in Brazil next year, ending a five-year stay in Asia.

A consortium of Embratel and Claro has been appointed as a national sponsor of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Photography and digital imaging specialist Canon USA has been unveiled as a global sponsor of the upcoming Copa America tournament in Argentina.

The organising committee for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro has added Carlos Villanova and Henrique Gonzalez to its board of directors.

Free-to-air Cuban public broadcaster Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión (ICRT) has snapped up rights to the 2012 London Olympics.