Will Brazil Be In A State To Host The Olympics?

[ToraToraTora]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-35831833
If not who could hold them at short notice? UK/US could anyone else?

[agchristie]

Bit of a mess isn't it? Who are the main sponsors? Zike?

[mushroom25]

not sure the UK could host it now, many of the 2012 facilities are now in private ownership or are being put to other uses.

[New Judge]

Quite honestly I gave up with the Olympics about the same time that Jonathan Edwards renounced his religious beliefs to take £20k to compete on a Sunday.

I'm really not concerned whether or where the games take place as long as they do not land the UK with them. We had enough of that in 2012. Better really if they quietly died. Save everybody the aggro of "bidding" to host them (and either bankrupting their nation or saddling their taxpayers with a huge debt).

[mikey4444]

From the evidence provided by the link, I can't see why the Olympics can't go ahead.

[EDDIE51]

This and the crisis in Nigeria seem to me to be unexpected results of the low oil price. Both Nigeria and Brazil have huge revenue from oil, which up to now was enough to pay off the bribes yet still leave enough to run the economy.
Now with the price of crude at $30 a barrel the cash will not stretch to fund the bribes and the economy. Nigeria is bankrupt despite getting $Billions in oil revenue, it is estimated 90% of Nigeria's oil revenue is 'stolen' in bribes theft and paybacks. Brazil is suffering much the same.

[ToraToraTora]

"From the evidence provided by the link, I can't see why the Olympics can't go ahead." - Have you seen this program on the TV mikey, we call it "The News" - the country is half way round the U bend, I doubt they'll be too bothered about finishing what is needed for the Olympics let alone running the infrastructure to host the world. Yes they could no doubt run all the events after a fashion but I think the IOC may well conclude that they'd better move it.

[Cloverjo]

The same was said about the Commonwealth Games in India in 2010, and that turned out ok. This speculation often seems to occur when a poorer country than the UK or US hosts a major event.

[ToraToraTora]

have you seen what's happening in Brazil jo?