Brazil: Olympics will be safe
Gang violence in Rio raises concern for 2016 Games
Posted: October 19, 2009 at 4:58 a.m.
Police patrol in Morro do Adeus slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Sunday.
Brazilian officials are insisting security won’t be a problem for the 2016 Olympics despite drug-gang violence that plunged Rio de Janeiro into a day of bloody chaos just two weeks after it was picked to host the games.
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