Lula feared Obama factor in 2016 Olympic vote
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s president feared Barack Obama’s star power could have prevented Rio de Janeiro from landing the 2016 Olympics.
“I confess to you that we were very worried when Obama arrived in Copenhagen,” President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said. “We were very worried because the American presence was a very important thing.”
But Silva [...]
October 9, 2009 | Posted in Olympics | Read More »
