RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- A major Brazilian daily Tuesday said that the Rio de Janeiro state governor wants to use money earmarked for an environmental fund to cover shortfalls in civil servants' pensions.
A press officer at Gov. Luiz Fernando Pezao's office confirmed the information published Tuesday by the O Globo newspapers.
The newspaper said the money would cover an expected 2016 pension payment deficit of US$3 billion and that the government has pledged that the Rio de Janeiro state treasury would replace the funds.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LT_BRAZIL_PENSIONS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-02-09-13-16-04
A former government official says the money will not be paid back.
One wonders how much impetus the August Olympics games gave to new (or first time) sewage treatment and cleaning up rivers Guanabara Bay?
In other possible Olympics news, experts say “Zika mosquitos not guaranteed to lie low for Rio Olympics.”
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-zika-mosquitoes-not-guaranteed-to-lie-low-for-rio-olympics-2016-2
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