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Rousseff Will Not Attend Olympic Ceremony in Rio De Janeiro

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Rousseff Will Not Attend Olympic Ceremony in Rio De Janeiro

Local Editor

The suspended Brazilian President, Dilma Rousseff, says she will not attend the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics because she does not want to take a secondary position in the Maracana stadium.

A spokesman for the interim President, Michel Temer, said she would have been placed in the stand below him and not at his side.

Both have said they are being politically persecuted by Temer’s party and allies.

Another former President, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, has also said he will not attend the ceremony.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team