Friends formed fan clubs around the page, saying Batista should run for governor of Rio.
Activists say many of the planned roads and rail lines will run through some of Rio's poorest neighbourhoods, forcing the eviction of those living there.
As for other important states, in Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul close allies of Mr Cardoso face difficult run-offs against awkward opponents, while Rio de Janeiro's next governor looks likely to be Anthony Garotinho, an unthreatening foe.
Other sports such as wrestling, basketball, handball and volleyball may find they are struggling to receive the same level of funding in the run-up to the Rio Games in 2016.
Ms Pidgeon said the challenges Rio faces in the run-up to the 2016 Games are "dramatically different" to London's.
Today the quaint yellow bonde - the last streetcar still operating in Rio - continues its run over the old aqueduct (today called the Lapa Arches) and winds its way up into the cobblestone streets of Santa Teresa.
The jury comprises representatives from Rio 2016, the city of Rio, the company that will run the course after 2016 and the International Golf Federation, whose mission in part is to foster the game's global growth.
This looks like a re-run of the discussion leading up to the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, in which development groups angrily rejected any intellectual framing in which population growth in developing countries was identified as the core global problem.
Rio de Janeiro is not an obvious place to run a global hedge fund but it has its advantages.
Rio has received London's top tips on how to run a smooth transport system ahead of the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Working with people they know who want to sell and promote their work, the girls who run the company are developing a network of sales reps in communities around Rio.
Can you give Arsenal a nine-point lead, it's very doubtful, though when Alex gets them all back - Rio, Wayne Rooney and Louis Saha - they'll go on a run and they won't lose that many games.
But Ferguson insists the return to fitness of a number of defenders such as Rio Ferdinand and Johnny Evans will provide his side with the perfect fillip during the title run-in.
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