Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silvasays plays the "poor us" card in a last-ditch pitch forthe 2016 Olympics. No country needs it more, he said, referring presumably to the country's third-world status. Don't worry about crime or the lack of hotel rooms, he said, two of the biggest objections against holding the Games in Rio.
It's a pitch that could play well with many of the international voters on the Olympic selection committee, and against Chicago.
2 Comments
MTS said:
For a third-word country they're not doing so badly, I predict Rio in 2006. You need to use a spell checker!
jack said:
What about crime and the lack of hotel rooms in the neighborhoods west of Washington Park? Unless things really change, is anyone going to risk walking to the Olympic Stadium from the 51st St. Green Line Station?
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