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Brazil’s sport minister resigns as Olympics near
8:29 CAT | 31 Mar 2016
Getty/ George Hilton has officially resigned as Brazil's Sports Minister less than 130 days before the Olympics
Rousseff’s government was dealt a smaller blow Wednesday when Brazil’s sports minister, George Hilton, resigned a little more than four months before the start of the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Ricardo Leyser, a senior official in the Sports Ministry, will replace Hilton on an interim basis.
The International Olympic Committee said it is following political developments inside the country but expressed optimism that the games will go on as planned.
“The Brazilian people will deliver a memorable Olympic Games full of their passion for sport for which they are world-renowned,” an IOC statement said. “We are very confident that Brazil will offer to the world excellent Olympic Games of which the whole country can be proud.”
Source: CNN
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