Murdering its mascot, and other ways Brazil is already ruining the Olympics
 

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 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.

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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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