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Brazil’s Supreme Court Releases Olympic Chief, Carlos Nuzman

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Supreme Court decided on Thursday (October 19th) to release Carlos Arthur Nuzman, former president of Brazil’s Olympic Committee (COB). Nuzman was arrested on October 5th, accused of being part of a vote-buying scheme to have the city of Rio de Janeiro named as the host of the 2016 Olympic Games.

“The decision taken by the Superior Court of Justice, which is the true court of citizenship, and takes care of the final interpretation of the federal law, is worthy of applause and recognition of the law . . .

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