Via Pbs Newshour: In Brazil, Oil Rigs in Sight, But World Cup on Minds

WORLD -- June 24, 2010

In Brazil, Oil Rigs in Sight, But World Cup on Minds

As we flew into Rio de Janeiro, the city's jagged emerald mountains, sapphire blue waters and ribbon of white beaches seemed as pristine and beautiful as advertised. Yet just outside our sea-side breakfast room on famed Copacabana beach, a gigantic oil tanker was steaming for the deep Atlantic waters beyond.

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