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Brazil Is Tired of Being Scolded
nytimes.com ^ | MAY 26, 2014 | Vanessa Barbara

Posted on 05/27/2014 9:47:07 AM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — By now, Brazil should probably have been grounded for life, without video games or dessert.

Last month, a vice president of the International Olympic Committee, John Coates, said that Rio de Janeiro’s preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics were the worst he had ever seen.

Before that, Sepp Blatter, the president of FIFA — the Federation of International Football Associations — claimed that Brazil was further behind in its preparations for this summer’s World Cup than any previous host nation, even though it had had seven full years to prepare. Then, in March, FIFA’s secretary general, Jérôme Valcke, declared we could risk being “the worst organizers” of the “worst event.” He had previously said that Brazil needed “a kick up the backside.”

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To: justlurking

Their term for it is “burroacracy”.


21 posted on 05/27/2014 12:35:25 PM PDT by X-spurt (CRUZ missile - armed and ready.)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Brazil is the country of the future, and always will be.


22 posted on 05/27/2014 12:39:43 PM PDT by Ted Grant
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To: Dr. Sivana
I have a great idea to solve TWO problems at ONE time. Send Mitt Romney to Brazil to fix their Olympics!

Thus improving the organizational skills of both nations at once.

23 posted on 05/27/2014 1:39:21 PM PDT by Teacher317 (We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men)
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To: Dr. Sivana
Send Mitt Romney to Brazil to fix them Olympics!

You're being facetious, but it's not a bad idea.

24 posted on 05/27/2014 1:45:08 PM PDT by grania
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To: Berlin_Freeper

good luck with the Olympics being held there since it’s the kidnapping capitol of the world


25 posted on 05/27/2014 1:52:41 PM PDT by jyro (French-like Democrats wave the white flag of surrender while we are winning)
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