Members mvan1 Posted June 20, 2016 Members Posted June 20, 2016 Just when we thought things could not get any worse in Brazil, now this warning prior to the Olympics - https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jun/17/rio-de-janeiro-financial-emergency-olympic-games-2016 Quote
Members ihpguy Posted June 21, 2016 Members Posted June 21, 2016 It's a lot worse than that. Although there is supposed to be 3 billion Reais arriving in Rio de Janeiro from Brasilia, the request hasn't been granted because every other state has there own hands out begging for financial help. Yesterday there was a shootout at Rio's largest public hospital, Souza Aguiar, which is across from the Praca da Republica on the eastern side and just south of the Central train station. Two killed, others injured. Why? The imprisoned drug kingpin's mob broke him out. A friend of mine got tackled getting into a taxi downtown a couple of weeks ago. The third sailor from here for the Olympics got mugged yesterday while riding her bike. The Metro might open or might not before the opening. Interim president Michel Temer had his fourth cabinet appointment resign because of bribes. This was with the Tourism appointment. Quite fitting. He's got a Swiss bank account with USD 500,000 and other papers revealed he had accounts with another USD 14 million for 15 years ago. Politics in Brasil pays very, very well. Oh, ditto on Senator Romario, the ex-football star. Quote
