Tag: olympics

How Obama Is Hurting Brazil’s Chances to Host 2016 Olympics

Mimicking American president-elect Barack Obama battle cry during his winning electoral campaign, Rio de ...

Brazil 3-0 Soccer Loss to Argentina in Beijing Drives President Lula Mad

The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticized sharply the spirit of ...

Brazil’s Pragmatic, Anti-American Look at Beijing’s Olympics

Brazilian people’s feelings about the Olympic games in Beijing are as diverse as the ...

In the Beginning God Created Rio to Hold the Olympics, Says Brazil’s Lula in Beijing

Brazilian President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said Friday, August 8, in Beijing that ...

Brazil Uses Beijing Games to Promote Country and Win 2016 Olympics

A Brazilian space to promote culture, sport, economics and the natural beauties of the ...

Pan American Games Are Over. Brazil Now Wants the Olympics

In an very positive evaluation of the 2007 Pan American Games just held in ...

Brazil Gives Farewell Party to Pan Athletes But Nobody Comes

"Good but not perfect," that's the way Mario Vazquez Raí±a, president of the Pan ...

Brazil Might Appeal to Higher Court over Marathon

The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, says he will appeal ...