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FILE - In this Feb.28, 2017 file photo, rescuers, upper left, prepare to carry an injured performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school out of a float after it collapsed during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After two float accidents at the Sambadrome revelers started speaking of a curse because Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella skipped the opening Carnival ceremony. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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FILE - In this Feb. 28, 2017 file photo, performers from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school react after a float collapsed during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After two float accidents at the Sambadrome revelers started speaking of a curse because Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella skipped the opening Carnival ceremony. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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FILE - In this Feb.28, 2017 file photo, a performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school is carried into an ambulance after a float collapsed during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After two float accidents at the Sambadrome revelers started speaking of a curse because Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella skipped the opening Carnival ceremony . (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)
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FILE - In this Feb.24, 2017 file photo, Maria Cristina de Jesus, the guardian of Rio's city key, places the oversized key in a bag during a delay in the officially kick off Carnival ceremony, at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. After spending all day waiting for Rio de Janeiro Mayor Marcelo Crivella to show up for the ceremony, the head of Rio's tourism agency came instead, and apologized saying that Mayor Crivella's wife was sick. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel, File)
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Firefighters carry an injured person on a stretcher to an ambulance during the performing of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school for the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring several people, according to doctors at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Firefighters carry an injured person on a stretcher to an ambulance during the performing of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school for the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring several people, according to doctors at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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A performer from the Unidos da Tijuca samba school is carried into an ambulance after a float collapsed during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring several people, according to doctors at the scene. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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An injured person lies on a stretcher on the top of a float as she is being rescued during the performing of the Unidos da Tijuca samba school for the Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2017. Part of a float has collapsed during Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade, injuring several people, according to doctors at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Members of the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school react after a float crash during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A float in Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade crashed Sunday evening, and police said several people were injured. (AP Photo/Carlos Junior)
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A member of the Paraiso de Tuiuti samba school reacts after a float crash during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A float in Rio de Janeiro's world famous Carnival parade crashed Sunday evening, and police said several people were injured. (AP Photo/Carlos Junior)
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Firefighters carry an injured person on a stretcher during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A float at the Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parade on Sunday crashed injuring several people according to policemen at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Firefighters carry an injured person on a stretcher during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Feb. 26, 2017. A float at the Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parade on Sunday crashed injuring several people according to policemen at the scene. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Carnival King Momo, Fabio Damiao dos Santos Antunes, holds up the key to the city at a ceremony marking the official start of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 24, 2017. Marcelo Crivella, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, opted not to attend the ceremony, and in his place Secretary of Culture Nilceia Nogueira, left, handed over the key. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel)
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In this Sept. 29, 2014 photo, Marcelo Crivella, bishop of the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, who was running for governor of Rio de Janeiro state, campaigns at Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. While campaigning last year to be Rio de Janeiro's mayor, Crivella, a Pentecostal pastor from one of Brazil's most powerful evangelical churches, repeatedly argued that his faith would not get in the way of governing the nation's most famous city. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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FILE - This April 11, 2013 file photo shows an aerial view of the Botafogo soccer club's stadium commonly known as Engenhao, though it was called the Olympic Stadium for the 2016 Rio Games, used for track and field events, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro's soccer club Botafogo has confirmed the death of a fan who was shot outside the club's stadium on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017, as rival fans clashed before the match between Botafogo and Rio de Janeiro rival Flamengo. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this April 2, 2014 file photo, fans of the Botafogo soccer team react during a Copa Libertadores game at Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio de Janeiro football club Botafogo has confirmed the death of a fan who was shot outside the club's stadium, the same stadium used for track and field at last year's Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The club and police identified the dead man as 28-year-old Diego dos Santos, who was shot Sunday as rival fans clashed before the match between Botafogo and Rio de Janeiro rival Flamengo. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)
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FILE - This is a Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo of the head of Ireland's Olympic Committee Patrick Hickey as he arrives to a police station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Hickey arrived back in Ireland, Sunday Dec. 18, 2016, four months after being arrested in Brazil during the Rio de Janeiro Games on ticket scalping charges. (AP Photo/Mauro Pimentel, File)
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FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2014 file photo, the mascots of the Rio 2016 Olympics, left, and Paralympic Games make their first official appearance at a public school in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Almost four months after the Olympics ended, Rio de Janeiro organizers are struggling to pay their bills including $3.7 million owed to the International Paralympic Committee. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)
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FILE - In this Aug.16, 2016 file photo, Kelly Tan, left, and Michelle Koh both of Malaysia, pose for a photo with the Rio 2016 logo on the 16th hole during a practice round for the women's golf event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Rio Olympics could leave behind at least one unexpected legacy _ a new home for the consular office of the United States. The headquarters of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic organizing committee in central Rio will be abandoned in the next few weeks with staff moving to smaller quarters in downtown Rio. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson, File)
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U.S. gymnasts, left to right, Gabrielle Douglas, Lauren Hernandez, Aly Raisman and Simone Biles celebrate at the end of the artistic gymnastics women's team final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2016.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
