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Rousseff: Brazil’s World Cup proved doubters wrong

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Published July 12, 2014 4:01am ET
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Rousseff: Brazil’s World Cup proved doubters wrong
FILE - In this June 2, 2014 file photo, Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff holds up the 2014 World Cup trophy after it was officially presented to Rousseff by FIFA President Sepp Blatter, during a ceremony at the Planalto presidential palace, in Brasilia, Brazil. Rousseff met Friday, July 11, 2014 with a group of foreign journalists in Brasilia, where she hailed Brazil proved skeptics wrong who said the nation couldn't organize a successful World Cup, and said it boded well for its hosting of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File) | Eraldo Peres

BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil has proved its doubters wrong by putting on a highly successful World Cup, President Dilma Rousseff said on the eve of the tournament’s final match between Germany and Argentina this weekend.

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