AP Interview: Rio security head says cuts impact Olympics (Yahoo Sports)

Rio de Janeiro’s state security secretary acknowledges that cuts of $550 million to his budget pose a risk to the Olympics when they open in three months. ”If I said the cuts won’t impact anything, I wouldn’t be accurate,” Jose Mariano Beltrame told The Associated Press during a sit-down interview this week. Security sits at the top of a long list of worries for South America’s first games: Zika virus, polluted water in venues for sailing and rowing, slow ticket sales, and political and economic turmoil as President Dilma Rousseff fights against impeachment.