Brazil prosecutors try to halt government WCup ads

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SAO PAULO (AP) — Federal prosecutors in Brazil have asked a court to suspend the airing of government advertisements touting the benefits that the World Cup will bring to the country, saying the ads are “absurdly divorced from reality.”

The federal attorney general’s office in Goias state presented a civil demand late Monday to a judge calling for the commercials to be pulled immediately. The ads compare the government’s spending on stadiums for the tournament to investment in public transportation or education.

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