Brazil judge lifts injunction on public funds for Games

A Brazilian judge on Wednesday lifted an injunction on the federal and city government using public money to help finance the organisation of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Federal judge Guilherme Couto de Castro said the block on transfers of public money could seriously disrupt next month's Paralympic Games, for which organizers have said they still need additional funding. Brazil's Presidential Chief of Staff Eliseu Padilha announced on Aug. 4, the day before the Rio Olympics' lavish opening ceremony, that the federal government would provide 120 million reais to the organising committee and the city of Rio would make a further 150 million available.
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