Brazil’s national guard threatened to drop out of Olympic security over lack of beds, pay

RIO DE JANEIRO — Preparations for Rio’s troubled Olympic Games suffered another blow this week when hundreds of agents with Brazil’s National Force, a key security unit brought in for the event, threatened to quit over poor accommodation and working conditions. The National Force is Brazil’s equivalent of the U.S. National Guard and is made up of police […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2016/07/14/brazils-national-guard-threatened-to-drop-out-of-olympic-security-over-lack-of-beds-pay/