Brazil president slams Olympic critics 10/03/2010 |
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Brazil's president has hit out at people who say the country is wasting money by hosting the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the city was chosen "despite the servile thinking from a portion of the Brazilian elite”. He called the Olympics "one more step in the esteem of the Brazilian people”.
Brazil beat Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid in an International Olympic Committee (IOC) vote in October. In January, the head of the IOC's co-ordination commission for Rio said the city was on track to deliver a "very good" Olympics.
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