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06-23-2016, 05:01 AM
Murdering its mascot, and other ways Brazil is already ruining the Olympics
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The Summer Olympics in Brazil are about two crises away from becoming*the embodiment of that dumpster fire gif (http://giphy.com/gifs/fire-dumpster-26FPy3QZQqGtDcrja)everyone on the Internet is obsessed with.
They are about six weeks away — **rmally, this would be the time when excitement would start building. Instead, it's hard to read the news and **t feel like the whole thing is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
SEE ALSO: Identical triplets make history as they head to 2016 Rio Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/06/03/triplet-runners-rio-olympics/)
Need evidence? We've compiled some of the nation's most **table screw-ups (and misfortunes) ahead of the Games.
A soldier killed the Olympic mascot
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The Summer Olympics in Brazil are about two crises away from becoming*the embodiment of that dumpster fire gif (http://giphy.com/gifs/fire-dumpster-26FPy3QZQqGtDcrja)everyone on the Internet is obsessed with.
They are about six weeks away — **rmally, this would be the time when excitement would start building. Instead, it's hard to read the news and **t feel like the whole thing is going to be an unmitigated disaster.
SEE ALSO: Identical triplets make history as they head to 2016 Rio Olympics (http://mashable.com/2016/06/03/triplet-runners-rio-olympics/)
Need evidence? We've compiled some of the nation's most **table screw-ups (and misfortunes) ahead of the Games.
A soldier killed the Olympic mascot
http://i.amz.mshcdn.com/UWY0EYid9SGP2uqR4IgVld6nPSw=/fit-in/575x4096/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fima ge%2F124203%2FAP_224473402348.jpg
Image: Rex Features via AP Images Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/06/22/brazil-olympics-jaguar-crises-disaster/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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