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La Paz / Bloomberg Ready or not, here comes Rio de Janeiro. The Olympic games opened on Friday with last-minute funding and an interim head of state, underscoring the economic and political turmoil gripping host country Brazil. Ceremony organizers had to make do with a budget that’s a fraction of the amount spent by 2012 Olympics host London. It ...
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