Rio 2016: the greatest sport festivity in the heart of Brazil

By President Dilma Rousseff

 

(Editor’s note: This column by the Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on the 365th day before the Rio Olympics is being published by newspapers around the world today.)

We are still one year away from it, but Brazil’s heart is already beating faster.

The Brazilian generous heart leaps up when confronted with two of its passions: welcoming people from all over the world and competing with enthusiasm and fair play in a superb sport performance.

We have seen it happening during the FIFA World Cup. It will be like that again, beginning on