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The 2016 Brazil Olympics
Locals in Rio de Janeiro sometimes refer to their city as
"a cidade maravilhosa" - "the marvellous city".
Rio 2016: Is Brazil ready for the Olympics?
With its forest-clad mountains, famous long beaches and diverse communities living cheek-by-jowl, there has probably never been a more stunning backdrop for an Olympic Games. Those who backed its bid for the 2016 Olympics against much more "established" and "stable" venues in the northern hemisphere say A city that had almost been in a state of decay, since it lost its status as capital of Brazil in 1960, has been reborn and rediscovered its pride. Rio is now a...
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Brazil’s Olympic Catastrophe?
IT’S official: The Olympic Games in Rio are an unnatural disaster. On June 17, fewer than 50 days before the start of the Games, the state of Rio de Janeiro declared a “state of public calamity.” A financial crisis is preventing the state from honoring its commitments to the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the governor said. That crisis is so severe, he said, it could eventually bring about “a total collapse in public security, health, education, mobility and....
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Rio de Janeiro
builds for the Olympic Games
Right: Maracana Stadium gets rebuilt.
Left: The Rio Olympic Stadium. Brazil
Right: The white water stadium just finishing.
Left: SambaDrome by Niemeyer in 1984, will be used for Archery.
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