Article - Brazil’s winning bid provides Olympic lesson for the world
By Ruth Melkonian

Recently, as the world waited for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to announce its decision on the location of the 2016 games, many expected Chicago to win. After all, its most famous resident, the president of the U.S., had campaigned hard for its selection.

Instead, the IOC chose Rio de Janeiro, on grounds of its “strong technical bid” with “long-term aspirations for the future.”

Some reports said this would be “good for Rio de Janeiro.” But I’ve come to believe it might be the other way around: Showcasing Brazil through the Olympics could teach the world some important lessons.

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Recently, the world was surprised when Rio de Janeiro was picked to host the 2016 Olympics, beating out Chicago, Madrid, and Tokyo. Following Brazil’s selection as the venue for soccer’s 2014 World Cup, one might easily conclude that Brazil is simply an ideal locale for global sporting events. But these selections, although made by international sporting authorities, are more reflective of Brazil’s growing economic muscle than its considerable athletic prowess.

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Article - A new era for South America

The success of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil after won its bid for the 2016 Olympic Games, has an important significance beyond of the sport for being the first time that a South American country, a sub continent known as part of Third World, was chosen as host the most important competition sport of the planet, which it has been a privilege of the named “rich countries” since this competition was created.

This decision opens the possibility for that Brazil not be longer a country of the Third World, because since many years ago this country have showed a big industrial and commercial development, in addition the tourism as a strong attraction and recently as an emerging oil nation after the discoveries of oilfield with potential of 80 billions of barrels of oil.

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Article - The thrill of Brazil: How Rio is already in its stride ahead of hosting the 2016 Olympics

No one throws a party like Rio de Janeiro. And, having just won the race to host the 2016 Olympics, South America’s carnival-loving capital of extravagance has cause to celebrate.

The news follows the city’s successful bid for the 2014 soccer World Cup, and will mean not only a massive boost to tourism, but a huge - and sustained - increase in government spending.

This should result in improvements to infrastructure and services. One knock-on effect will be an increase in property values; another, modelled on Beijing, will be a smartening up of the city, with crackdowns on crime and the removal of the favela slums.

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Article - The Olympic Games – Great for Brazil

As you may know, Brazil won the bid for the Olympic games over Japan and The United States. After police raids on multiple favelas surrounding the Rio area, President da Silva announced that the Brazilian government will devoted sixty million dollars to the local and governmental law enforcement.

Over the weekend, during a turf war between two rival gangs, Police were forced to employ the air support of a helicopter. During the skirmish, the helicopter was shot out of the sky by high caliber machine gun fire. Three policemen died in the crash. Other casualties included 21 gang members/civilians. Violence is rampant in Rio where the high murder rate makes it one of the most dangerous cities in the world. After a third police officer died in a helicopter crash, President da Silva announced his decision to “up the ante” on the corruption facing Brazil.

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