Goodbye Carnivals! Almost 50 Celebrations Shut Down in Brazil Amid Financial Problems

Latin Post ^ | January 25, 2016 | Staff

[C19fan]

A tradition in Brazil has been stopped due to financial woes. At least 48 cities located in eight states all over the country decided to cancel their carnivals because of the recession.

News.com reported that the current recession in Brazil has led to the bleeding of financial resources among municipalities, spurring them to cancel their carnivals to save money that can be used for other programs. Cities in the states of Rio de Janeiro, Goias, Tocantins, Rio Grande do Norte, Minas Gerais, Paraiba and Rondonia changed their plans to hold carnivals at the final moment.

[Gay State Conservative]

I was in Rio for the last couple of days of Carnival about 35 years ago.Pretty impressive...but my most vivid memory is that the guy got I chummy with on the plane (a Canadian doctor) was robbed of his camera right next to me.

Rio is,in places,a beautiful city but it's *definitely* Third World...100%!

[Tea Party Terrorist]

The only Olympics to ever make money was Atlanta, and the organizers said “never again” to that model.

As of a few years ago, Montreal was still paying off debt from their summer Olympics from 1976.

[Bigg Red]

And would you want your own children to attend such an event?

[hinckley buzzard]

Think Mardi Gras.