Re robbery, Brazil sports minister says Lochte & group were "outside competition location at inappropriate time." (V @JamilChade) #rio2016
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He says security has been efficient and delegations haven't had major problems with security in or around venues of at village.
Basically Brazil sport minister message on Lochte incident: Driving around Rio late at night outside security zone & robberies can happen.
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Basically, the city isn't safe for residents
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or maybe "there are ways to lower risk - not eliminate, but lower it - especially as a foreign tourist".
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though perhaps that's being overly generous, fatalistic, and (sadly) resigned to the amount of violence.
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The Minister briefed the world: the safety of
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