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The Olympics in Rio will be a disaster
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Teko
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Wow, all the fearmongering going on is nuts. There are people in Brazil, not savages. You can go there but just stay out of the usual rough areas and you'll be fine - pretty much the same advice that applies anywhere including the CHI, NY or LA. The only thing i dont like about the country is that damn near everything is in Portuguese so if you dont have someone that can speak the language, life is going to be a bit difficult.
However, given that most people here like tricking and the women in Brazil are incredibly beautiful, im sure you can find yourself a cute stripper or dancer with a big and juicy ass - they tend to speak good english. They can show you around.
However, given that most people here like tricking and the women in Brazil are incredibly beautiful, im sure you can find yourself a cute stripper or dancer with a big and juicy ass - they tend to speak good english. They can show you around.
Wargames
One Of The Last Real Ones To Do It
The realest issue with Brazil is Zika. NYC has over 80 cases of it now based on people who went to south America and caught it there and then came back home.
An Olympic game is going to have the virus spread. Its not going to go much father than that (hopefully) but it does mean a lot of cases of babies being born with that head deformity in 2017.
An Olympic game is going to have the virus spread. Its not going to go much father than that (hopefully) but it does mean a lot of cases of babies being born with that head deformity in 2017.
Saysumthinfunnymike
VOTE!!!
Which Olympics was it 2012 that used Nicki's "Starships" song? shyt, I never wanna hear that song ever again 
joeychizzle
光復香港，時代革命
as a kid you never really notice these thingsThere's a reason why Atlanta '96 was nicknamed the "Coca-Cola Olympics"
superunknown23
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The truth came out during the 2002 Salt Lake City scandal. Coca-Cola bribed the shyt out of Olympic voting members to bring the Olympics to its hometown.as a kid you never really notice these things
Atlanta getting the olympics was too good to be just random.
joeychizzle
光復香港，時代革命
2002.. one of the final few years before social media when you could still do fukkery and somewhat keep it a secret
DonKnock
KPJ Gonna Save Us
Olympic sailor says he's 'lucky to have survived' gunpoint robbery in Rio
Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri said he was fortunate to have escaped with his life after being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro as he and two fellow Spaniards walked to breakfast.
"We were a bit naive, a bit too daring and we are lucky to have survived," Echavarri told The Associated Press as he trained on Monday at Rio's Olympic sailing venue. "We were too confident, and being confident in Rio is not a good thing."
Echavarri and two other members of the Spanish sailing team were robbed Friday morning when five young men — "not more than 16 years old," Echavarri said — poked pistol barrels into the Spaniards' ribs and chests.
Echavarri said they handed over their cellphones and other minor electronic gear, satisfying their assailants who ran off.
The Spaniards, who have been in Rio for almost two weeks, were staying in Santa Teresa, a hilltop neighbourhood popular with tourists and dotted with restaurants and bars, and a 20-minute walk downhill to the sailing venue.
"We made a big mistake," Echavarri said. "We should have caught a taxi, taken a car and avoided a thing like this. We have to be careful, but the city needs more policing."
Echavarri, who won gold in the 2008 Olympics, said he was also robbed at knife point in 2009 in the Copacabana Beach neighbourhood while competing in the Volvo Ocean race. He called that situation "controlled" with experienced thieves who knew what they wanted.
Last week was different.
"This was a completely uncontrolled situation," he said. "I think they were nervous and on drugs. They were really small guys. They were kids."
Street violence endemic in Rio
Street violence is endemic in Rio, a city separated by the wealthy — who live in the south and west of the city — and the poor who live in hilltop slums.
"There should be no problem here, but if at some moment you go wrong ... you wind up with a big problem," Echavarri said.
About 85,000 soldiers and police will guard the city during the Olympics, twice as many as London four years ago. Last week the head of security for the state of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Mariano Beltrame, called for soldiers to immediately start patrolling the city.
Beltrame recently cut $550 million from this year's security budget, about 20 per cent, as Brazil battles the deepest recession since the 1930s.
Security is near the top of a long list of problems plaguing Rio with the Olympics opening Aug. 5, including the Zika virus, water pollution, slow ticket sales and budget cuts.
Andy Hunt, who heads the World Sailing governing body, was in Rio on Monday and called the robbery "a very, very scary experience."
Hunt said he would ask city officials and Rio organizers for more security, particularly around yacht clubs that line Guanabara Bay — the sailing venue.
Most Olympic competitors will stay in the Athletes Village. However, Hunt said many of his sailors will not, staying in hotels near the sailing venue, which is located at least an hour's drive from the Olympic Park in the suburban area of Barra da Tijuca.
"We want the city to make sure they are providing as much protection as possible," Hunt said. "Equally, we need to make sure the athletes take every safety precaution they can — not to put themselves at the point of danger."
Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri said he was fortunate to have escaped with his life after being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro as he and two fellow Spaniards walked to breakfast.
"We were a bit naive, a bit too daring and we are lucky to have survived," Echavarri told The Associated Press as he trained on Monday at Rio's Olympic sailing venue. "We were too confident, and being confident in Rio is not a good thing."
Echavarri and two other members of the Spanish sailing team were robbed Friday morning when five young men — "not more than 16 years old," Echavarri said — poked pistol barrels into the Spaniards' ribs and chests.
Echavarri said they handed over their cellphones and other minor electronic gear, satisfying their assailants who ran off.
The Spaniards, who have been in Rio for almost two weeks, were staying in Santa Teresa, a hilltop neighbourhood popular with tourists and dotted with restaurants and bars, and a 20-minute walk downhill to the sailing venue.
"We made a big mistake," Echavarri said. "We should have caught a taxi, taken a car and avoided a thing like this. We have to be careful, but the city needs more policing."
Echavarri, who won gold in the 2008 Olympics, said he was also robbed at knife point in 2009 in the Copacabana Beach neighbourhood while competing in the Volvo Ocean race. He called that situation "controlled" with experienced thieves who knew what they wanted.
Last week was different.
"This was a completely uncontrolled situation," he said. "I think they were nervous and on drugs. They were really small guys. They were kids."
Street violence endemic in Rio
Street violence is endemic in Rio, a city separated by the wealthy — who live in the south and west of the city — and the poor who live in hilltop slums.
"There should be no problem here, but if at some moment you go wrong ... you wind up with a big problem," Echavarri said.
About 85,000 soldiers and police will guard the city during the Olympics, twice as many as London four years ago. Last week the head of security for the state of Rio de Janeiro, Jose Mariano Beltrame, called for soldiers to immediately start patrolling the city.
Beltrame recently cut $550 million from this year's security budget, about 20 per cent, as Brazil battles the deepest recession since the 1930s.
Security is near the top of a long list of problems plaguing Rio with the Olympics opening Aug. 5, including the Zika virus, water pollution, slow ticket sales and budget cuts.
Andy Hunt, who heads the World Sailing governing body, was in Rio on Monday and called the robbery "a very, very scary experience."
Hunt said he would ask city officials and Rio organizers for more security, particularly around yacht clubs that line Guanabara Bay — the sailing venue.
Most Olympic competitors will stay in the Athletes Village. However, Hunt said many of his sailors will not, staying in hotels near the sailing venue, which is located at least an hour's drive from the Olympic Park in the suburban area of Barra da Tijuca.
"We want the city to make sure they are providing as much protection as possible," Hunt said. "Equally, we need to make sure the athletes take every safety precaution they can — not to put themselves at the point of danger."
Yeah it's here in the U.S.A. I work in Orlando and we had a lady from Brazil in the hospital that had it.
judging off his pic in that article him and his crew probably looked like a fresh meal
basketball reasons
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Prominent members of society have to have armed guards patrol their mansions.
People have to barricade their homes and put up bars in their windows
People are told to drive instead of walking due to the rampent thievery
Death is common there that it isn't a shock anymore. Assassinations are done in public places to send a message and the cops don't respond to certain calls because the area is breeding ground of sequestered criminal activity
Honestly I seen to many videos of people getting killed from there from liveleak that going there isn't an option.
No european or asian countries... Or even Middle Eastern nations.
Crazy.
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