24 September 2009

Brasil's Lula To Lobby Hard For Rio Olympic Bid.

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President Lula da Silva will soon fly to Copenhagen for a Oct. 2 vote that will decide the 2016 Olympic site from among Chicago, Tokyo, Madrid and Rio. Though he will mention the nation's magnificent beaches he will also talk-up Brazil's emergence as a new economic power, deserving to represent South America, which has never hosted the Olympics.