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Copa America faces ‘Super League moment’
Over the past two weeks, both Colombia and Argentina withdrew as hosts of the 2021 Copa America, the major South American international football tournament set to start on June 13. On Monday, Brazil made the surprise announcement that it would stage the tournament instead — despite the country facing the prospect of a third wave of coronavirus infections, which expert fear could be more brutal than anything we have seen so far.
The decision sparked a wave of outrage from citizens, players, the media, and politicians.
- Members of the Senate’s Covid inquiry called the 2021 Copa America the “tournament of death,” while one congressman says he will file a lawsuit to the Supreme Court to prevent the tournament from taking place in Brazil.
- Multiple governors say they will not allow games to take place in their states.
- Brazilians flooded social media with memes ridiculing the government for hosting an international event as health authorities project a...