alex cuadros, author of the book, "brazilionaires," a look at wealth and inequality in brazil in the decade leading up to the olympics.s. and paulo sotero, director of the "brazil institute" at the 'woodrow wilson internationalrn center for scholars' in washington. welcome to all of you. lourdes garcia-navarro, let me start with you. how prepared or unprepared is brazil for these game, and how are people that you're talking to feeling about the games just before they start? >> i mean, i think it's undeniable that it's been very bumpy. starting with the athletes and the olympic village, half of them couldn't move in. they had to send in an army of repairmen to fix basic infrastructure questions like electricity and plumbing, and, we've seen a lot of other complaints. just today in the media villagel some of the reporters complaining about the lack and quality of food. so it has been very bumpy. if you speak to ordinary brazilians, they are not surprised by the problems, but they are definitely disappointed. >> brown: just to stay with you a moment, even today we heard of reports of hu

riding -- alex cuadros writing on the brazilian billionaires. alex, wonderful to have you here. work in brazil. work.w what doesn't we are watching it in technicolor on nbc2 how do they fix it when the olympics are done? x: obviously the challenges that brazil is facing are immense. but i think what is happening now with the corruption investigations that we are seeing is part of the solution. for most of brazil's history, anduption has been endemic, there has been this culture of impunity where you basically -- you had no fear of punishment or any kind of penalty from -- for stealing from public coffers. that is starting to change. even leanerg construction tycoons facing 20 prison, like one who is the heir to the largest construction company in brazil. , changingon here is the incentives of the political class and the business world -- tom: is that within the constitution? is that something that some -- is that something that the selected elite pick up on? catalyst in this case has been a group of prosecutors and investigators and judges. they are part of a new generation in b