The video discusses several abandoned mega-projects in Brazil, including:
1. The Ceará Aquarium, which was supposed to be the largest in Latin America, but was abandoned in 2015 with 70% of the structure completed, at a cost of 200 million reais.
2. The VLT (Light Rail Vehicle) in Cuiabá, which was intended to improve mobility in the city but was abandoned in 2015 after consuming 1 billion reais.
3. The Serra da Capivara National Park airport, which was built to attract tourists but has never had a commercial flight and receives less than 80 passengers per month.
4. The Transnordestina Railway, a 1,700 km railway that was supposed to be completed in 2010 but was interrupted due to corruption scandals, and is expected to be finished in 2025.
5. The Alemão cable car in Rio de Janeiro, which was inaugurated in 2011 but was interrupted in 2016 and remains abandoned.
6. The Administrative Center of the Federal District, which was completed in 2014 but was never occupied due to lack of funds.
7. A statue of Our Lady in Aparecida, São Paulo, which was abandoned in 2019 and needs 300,000 reais to be completed.
8. The Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical Complex, which began construction in 2006 but was abandoned in 2011 due to corruption scandals, and has cost over 47 billion reais.
9. The largest residential complex in the Minha Casa Minha Vida program in Maranhão, which was abandoned in 2017 with 70% of construction completed.
10. The Angra 3 nuclear power plant, which is the oldest unfinished public project in Brazil, with a budget exceeding 26 billion reais.
11. The Rodoanel Norte, a ring road around greater São Paulo, which was abandoned in 2016 due to structural problems and has cost 5 billion reais.
These abandoned projects have cost billions of reais and have had significant economic and social impacts on the communities involved.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. There are over 7,000 unfinished works in Brazil.
2. The Ceará aquarium in Fortaleza was started in 2012 and interrupted in 2015, with 70% of the structure completed.
3. The Ceará aquarium was expected to be the largest in Latin America, with 25,000 square meters of built area and capacity for 15 million liters of water.
4. The Ceará aquarium has already cost 200 million reais and could exceed 500 million reais if completed.
5. The VLT light rail in Cuiabá was started in 2012 and interrupted in 2015, with a cost of over 1 billion reais.
6. The VLT in BRT will cost an additional 468 million reais to complete.
7. The Serra da Capivara National Park airport in São Raimundo Nonato was started in 2004 and completed in 2015, but has never had a commercial flight and receives less than 80 passengers per month.
8. The airport cost 22 million reais to build and requires 1.8 million reais per year for maintenance.
9. The University City in Iranduba, Amazonas, was started in 2013 and interrupted in 2017, with a cost of 92 million reais.
10. The Transnordestina Railway was designed in 2002 and construction began in 2006, but was interrupted in 2016 due to corruption scandals.
11. The Transnordestina Railway will connect the states of Piauí, Ceará, and Pernambuco, and is expected to be completed by 2025.
12. The railway will be over 1,700 km long and will cost around 6 billion and 270 million reais.
13. The viaduct in Serra do Mar, São Paulo, was started in 1974 but never completed, and has been abandoned for over 40 years.
14. The viaduct is 360 meters long and 29 meters wide, and was expected to connect the city of Santa Cruz to Ubatuba.
15. The Alemão cable car in Rio de Janeiro was inaugurated in 2011 but interrupted in 2016 and remains abandoned.
16. The cable car cost 235 million reais to build.
17. The Administrative Center of the Federal District in Taguatinga was completed in 2014 but never occupied, with a cost of 1.5 billion reais.
18. The center has 16 buildings and was expected to house the headquarters of the State Government and its 13,000 employees.
19. The statue of Our Lady in Aparecida, São Paulo, was started in 2017 but interrupted in 2019, with a cost of around 8 million reais.
20. The statue will measure 50 meters in height, 12 meters more than Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro.
21. The Rio de Janeiro Petrochemical complex was started in 2006 and expected to be completed in 2011, but remains unfinished.
22. The complex cost over 47 billion reais and is the largest project in the history of Petrobras.
23. The Minha Casa Minha Vida residential complex in Maranhão was started in 2014 but interrupted in 2017, with 70% of the construction completed.
24. The project cost 300 million reais and remains abandoned.
25. The Angra 3 nuclear power plant in Rio de Janeiro was started in 1984 and interrupted in 1986, with a cost of over 26 billion reais.
26. The Rodoanel Norte in São Paulo was started in 2012 but interrupted in 2016, with a cost of 5 billion reais and a remaining 44 km to complete.
27. The work has serious structural problems, which could increase the cost to 11 billion reais if completed.