South American Milestone

" who are watching so closely as CI AC is getting ready to announce its selection for the 36 summer games. Madrid and Rio are -- and there's. Sentiment that is -- let's just contain the results from moving brought to the president by a young detainees athletes. The town and then seen as your Don Nelson who -- in the very impressed you couldn't take gang. Single car next yeah."

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" Well they are going to be partying inside the town of Rio de Janeiro. He's going to host -- 36. Olympics first time for any city in South America. Madrid beat now there in the final round of voting Tokyo in the second round and Chicago America's entrance will be announced in the first -- Let's check in Miller Steve Harrigan who is in Rio de Janeiro right now has there has the -- gone up from the streets."

" Instantly in this city of fourteen million people the moment that announcement was made there was collective scream and out of Carolina. -- are beating up on. Several thousand people on the beach behind me they have gathered to watch it on the big screens and fans are playing so it's really going to be a party here tonight about ten. -- people out there now and expected to grow by the thousands certainly. A remarkable achievement for Brazil the president Lula had added these Olympics. For a long time now as the first time it -- can come to a South American nation something he felt was long overdue it may indicates that these are not. North American games he should not European games these are night games for wealthy nations only by the international games. It seems like that Lee has been hurt by the International Olympic Committee. Brazil preparing to spend upwards of fourteen billion dollars on those games and certainly they will have their work cut out for them. The natural beauty certainly be -- in addition to being the first city. In South America had -- games with some challenges as well. Challenges city infrastructure just driving around this city you get bottleneck in traffic very quickly challenges in hotel room. Well -- are even plans to perhaps have a -- ships. I'm not in the water. Accommodate some of the many visitors. The biggest challenge here will be spirited. It's a beautiful city but also a deadly dangerous -- of the highest homicide rates in the world -- slums bordering wealthy areas so there could be. A real difficulty in trying to keep this place safe -- tourists. For athletes alike there's even talk about perhaps building walls walled off. Season because of Dallas some of those notorious moms they're trying to keep people safe while they are here and -- A joyous moment right now moment of explosion a moment of real anticipation. This is a growing world power of the nation of Brazil's economy one of the top ten economies. In the world and it has been increasing and -- his. Tremendous agricultural riches but now newly discovered oil riches as well it's been a powerful player in South America perhaps the most. Powerful player on this continent and its increasingly seeing itself as a world power and certainly easily big games. As we've seen in many countries in the past China and South Korea as -- Barcelona. An attempt to put Brazil on the world stage and position itself. As it sees itself as a moment of -- here right now in Rio de Niro John thank you Steve Harrigan reporting live Rio."