"Welcome to Hell", Rio police and firefighters tell arriving passengers

“Welcome to Hell”, Rio police and firefighters tell arriving passengers

Wednesday, June 29th 2016 - 11:22 UTC

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There was a nasty surprise awaiting passengers in the arrivals hall at Rio De Janeiro's Galeao International Airport on Monday. Along with the relatives carrying flowers and taxi drivers waiting with name boards there were lines of off-duty police with banners that had a far more ominous message: “Welcome to Hell”. Read full article

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The banners: “Police and firefighters don't get paid” should also be displayed at the departure-airports in different countries - to warn the tourists before they catch the flights to Brazil.
Jun 29th, 2016 - 12:42 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Marti Llazo
Tell me again why Brazil was selected for these Olympics?
Jun 29th, 2016 - 12:57 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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If the Olympic Organizing Committee - like any other committee/association - is also corrupt; the events will be nothing but a farce - an insult to the sports & athleticism and a burden on the host countries.

By the way; which countries have really benefitted financially [or otherwise] by hosting such international events? Hardly any - if I'm right.
Jun 29th, 2016 - 01:10 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Idlehands
I think the question is more “who lost the least” financially.

London probably did well on that scale but the Olympics has become just a vanity project with IOC officials being licked as they travel around the world.

Probably London 1948 too - we shoved everyone into wooden sheds then.
Jun 29th, 2016 - 02:23 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Tik Tok
Rio was selected because Lula paid the bribes and even though they know they should have changed venue to some other place with the infrastructure in place to properly handle an Olympics they couldn't becuase all hell would break loose when the Olympic Comittee had to give their bribe money back.
Jun 29th, 2016 - 06:26 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Skip
Australia has hosted it twice. No white elephants and no crippling debt.
Jun 29th, 2016 - 11:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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ChrisR
I still think the it is a complete failure of the UK Committee NOT to pull the plug even at this late stage.

Nothing good is likely to come out of this fiasco other than severe embarrassment for the Brazil Nutters who claim 'it will be alright'.
Jun 30th, 2016 - 08:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Jack Bauer
Potential tourists would do well to heed the warnings of the Police...

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Skip, Brazil's infrastructure cannot be compared to Australia's....What the PT (read Lula) wanted was just another opportunity to “invest” heavily in an inadequate and deteriorated infrastructure in order to reap their “profits”...
Jul 01st, 2016 - 12:24 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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Like any other “noble project/cause” [which is supposed to benefit the masses]; Olympics too is for filling the pockets of the concerned authorities.
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