COPENHAGEN — Rio de Janeiro rode a wave of International Olympic Committee sentiment to award the Olympics to South America for the first time, winning the right to host the 2016 Summer Games on Friday in a victory over surprising finalist Madrid.
The result of the final ballot was Rio: 66, Madrid: 32.
"I honestly believe it is Brazil's time," Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told the IOC voters. "For the others it will be just one more Games. For us it will be an unparalleled opportunity."
This is how you waste tax payer's money to fill the coffers of Mayor Daley and Valerie Jarrett. I suppose that Glenn Beck, Rush Limbaugh and FoxNews minions will be blamed.
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