If life is fair then the International Olympic Committee will next week declare that Brazil has been chosen to host the 2016 Olympics and thus become the first South American nation to win one of sports' greatest honors.
At least that's the claim Brazil is making. The other main contenders are the U.S., Spain and Japan and they've all hosted the Olympics before. Brazil, meanwhile, is a tourist mecca, with beaches, sun, a welcoming population, and a vibrant economy whose recent performance has shamed many of its developing world rivals. Rio -- and South America -- deserves the chance to show what it can do. Time magazine report
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