Brazil's president lambasts Olympic critics (AP via Yahoo! Sports)

8 March 2010, 11:03 am

Brazil's president is lashing out at critics who say the country is wasting money on the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Speaking at a slum in Rio on Monday, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the selection of the city extraordinary and done "despite the servile thinking from a portion of the Brazilian elite." He calls the Olympics "one more step in the esteem of the Brazilian...... Read More »

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