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Odepa to Examine Peru's Capacity as Host of 2019 Pan American Games

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A meeting in Puerto Vallarta Mexico will decide if Peru is up to the task

The Pan American Sports Organization (Odepa) will discuss today and tomorrow, whether or not Peru will in fact host the 2019 Pan American Games, after multiple questionable incidents have suggested troubles.

Just over a year ago, on Oct. 11 2013, Peru was chosen to host the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima. One of the largest sporting events the world has seen will be hosted in the Peruvian capital- if proves it’s up for the challenge. After questions of embezzlement by José Quiñones, president of the Peruvian Olympic Committee (COP), and the delayed approval of the structural implementation (or Master Plan for the project), the event’s authorities will be discussing Peru’s seat in a formal meeting.

In Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Odepa is meeting today and tomorrow to determine the future of Peru to host the Pan American Games in 2019. As Chile was second in line to host the sporting event, it will ask to host if Peru is declared incapable of hosting.

Last Thursday, the former president of COP, Quiñones, resigned after he was denounced for counts of embezzlement. Accused by congressman Daniel Abugattás of wasting nearly S/. 1.5 billion to remodel the offices of administration of COP in the Villa Deportiva Nacional (Videna), the president resigned that very same night.

Secondly, the government is facing criticism for not paying due attention to the projects infrastructural necessities to carry out the event. The master plan has not been approved by the President of Council (PCM), delaying the process since it was first assigned in Aug. 2013.

However, according to the Minister of Education, Jaíme Saavedra, “the games are of priority,” he told El Comercio. Saavedra argues that the plans have not been confirmed as the numbers have not been completely approved by the COP organizers themselves.

According to COP, the total cost Peru will face to host the Pan American Games would add up to nearly S/. 710 million.

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