Belize, La Esperanza Manor.
The precursor to the rainy season is a sticky and oppressive heat.
It makes people uncomfortable.
But there's also good news. Samaranch has decided to postpone the 1996 date until the summer of 1997, giving us another year.
In front of Victor lies the "Preliminary Infrastructure Plan for Olympic Co-host Cities" sent by Governor Goring of Belize.
A thick stack, filled with tables, blueprints, budgets.
He turns to the page on the "Belize City Coastal Avenue Expansion Project" and circles the budget figures with a red pencil, annotating beside it: compress by 15%, replace part of the imported asphalt with local volcanic rock.
The phone rings, it's the buzz of a satellite phone, Victor picks it up.
"Boss, it's Casare."
