Rio 2016 organizers clamp down on costs amid Brazil recession

“The days of lavish spending are over”, said Mario Andrada, director of communications for Rio 2016, according to the BBC. He said the worldwide Equestrian Federation (FEI) had given the ministry until the end of the month to resolve the situation.

Brazil’s biggest city, Sao Paulo, decided against trying to ban Uber and plans to introduce new regulations for such apps.

“The process of approval of the equine health certificate by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture has already taken a lot of time and is still not finalised”, he said.

Doubt was raised on Wednesday, October 7th, as to whether Brazil would be able to hold the equestrian events of the forthcoming 2016 Rio Olympics Games because of an ongoing delay in paperwork from the Ministry of Agriculture. “That must change. We need to solve crimes, improve investigations and punish criminals with use of better technology and human resources”.

[Brazil is melting down ahead of the 2016 Olympics].

The total budget for the Olympics, including the sprawling construction projects at the Olympic Park and improvements to Rio’s patchy public transport system, comes to just over 38 billion reais. The Brazilian police probably kill more than any other force in the world.

“Glanders remains a globally important disease which is a continuing threat to the horse industry and is the subject of global disease surveillance”, Professor Josh Slater of the Royal Veterinary College told H&H at the time. This was also done in the lead-up to a test event there earlier this year.

As result, Brazil’s national murder rate now stands at about 30 deaths for every 100,000 people, up from 28 per 100,000.

“The venue itself is impressive – it is a good size, well laid out, yet has a feeling of space”, said Dan.