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C. Rio de Janerio is hosting 11,000 athletes from 206 National Olympic Committees for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, commonly known as Rio 2016. Rio was selected as host in 2009.
B. Like Washington, D.C., Brasilia was designed and built to be a national capital. In 1960, the seat of government was moved to the newly built and centrally located Brasilia from Rio which had served as Brazil’s capital since 1763. Some Olympic events are being held in Brasilia as well as the nation’s largest city Sao Paulo.
D. Brazil’s favelas are shantytowns built by the poor on the edges of cities. Some of the largest and most notorious favelas surround Rio. Despite extremely heavy security because of the Games, gun battles last week between drug dealers and the police terrorized residents of Complexo do Alemao, a sprawling collection of favelas.
A. The 2000 Olympics began September 15th – winter in southern hemisphere cities like Sydney and Rio – and finished October 1st – after the southern hemisphere’s spring equinox. Rio is the first time the Olympics have been held in South America.