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This is going to be bad

Just weeks ahead of the Olympic Games, police helicopters are grounded, patrol cars are parked and Rio de Janeiro’s security forces are so pressed for funds that some have to beg for donations of pens, cleaning supplies and even toilet paper, fueling worries about safety at the world’s premier sporting event.

Brazil is suffering the worst recession in decades and Rio’s acting governor declared a state of financial disaster this month, largely to bolster spending on security as the world’s spotlight turns to the city.

“How are people going to feel protected in a city without security,” Gov Francisco Dornelles told Rio’s O Globo newspaper. “We can have a great Olympics, but if some steps aren’t taken, it can be a big failure.”

Rio state has slashed budgets across the board, including that of the police. Helicopters have been grounded and more than half of the civil police’s fleet of cars has been idled in a bid to save on gas. Even officers’ salaries have been delayed.

more https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jun/28/rio-olympics-safety-security-budgets-cut

Some athletes are declining, here are a couple from the last few days

http://www.rte.ie/sp.....pic-games/

http://www.cnn.com/2.....index.html

A list from last month

http://ftw.usatoday......o-far-2016

Even journalists are backing out

http://www.hollywood.....rio-900202

Interesting read

http://gizmodo.com/r.....1777193220

holy crap, I thought you were joking!

With increasing economic woes, police protests, a presidential impeachment and the Zika virus threat, concerns continue to grow that Rio de Janeiro may not be prepared for the Olympics just five weeks before opening ceremonies.

To make matters worse, parts of a mutilated body were discovered washed up Wednesday on Copacabana Beach, only yards away from where Olympic beach volleyball athletes will compete, police confirmed to Reuters. The severed right foot and pieces of skin are believed to be from a woman or teenager, investigators told local Rio newspaper O Dia.

more http://www.nbcnews.c.....ch-n601906

this whole thing is going to be a cluster