Stories like this hurt tourism which is a major portion of the economy...

Aug 18, 2016
11:01:26am

ekiben Walk-on

If Brazilian authorities are confident it is a lie, they are basically backed into a corner where they have to do something like this.

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ekiben

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I don't care if they lied. Brazil looks petty in this whole thing. Anything that

Iman23

8/18/16 10:52am

lol. no opportunity for the politics in the first place if Lochte hadn't lied

smokymountainrain

8/18/16 11:00am

Stories like this hurt tourism which is a major portion of the economy...

ekiben

8/18/16 11:01am

not really....keeping guys off a plane to account for a broken bathroom door?

Iman23

8/18/16 11:10am

This isn't about a broken bathroom door, and I think if you were being objective

fbguru

8/18/16 11:46am

KimDaddy explains it better than I could. The Brazilians are escalating this at

Iman23

8/18/16 12:08pm

Stories like this make me more worried about their government rather than

RealComfortableJeans

8/18/16 11:19am

I don't blame Brazil. The Swims lied, Brazil followed up with it to get to the

4mack

8/18/16 11:02am

honestly, hard to believe why anybody tries to spin it any other way.

smokymountainrain

8/18/16 11:03am

Watch the video... Is there any proof that they were NOT robbed once the video

BYUHouston11

8/18/16 11:03am

the premise and assumption of the OP, however, is that they did lie.

smokymountainrain

8/18/16 11:06am

Two of the swimmers have already admitted it was a lie

zuxvon

8/18/16 11:08am

From an "anonymous" AP source. Was it the same one that said there was a fight?

BYUHouston11

8/18/16 11:09am

No one has refuted the anonymous source. If it was made up, I would think

zuxvon

8/18/16 11:16am

If I was being held in Brazil and officials had my passport...

Eddie

8/18/16 11:28am

We'll see who is stupider! The Brazilians or the swimmers!

zuxvon

8/18/16 11:38am

They also are being detained, so who knows if they will say anything to be free.

Blue Ghost

8/18/16 11:53am

I have seen heavily intoxicated people & these guys didn't walk or act that way

Real G Man

8/18/16 11:46am

No one died when swims lied.

RealComfortableJeans

8/18/16 11:42am

I do. One of the things the news talked about incessantly going into the

fbguru

8/18/16 11:02am

They epitomize the ugly American and should be held accountable if true

CotoCoug

8/18/16 11:05am

the swimmers need to own their drunken actions. If you're going

kotacoug

8/18/16 11:05am

They should force Lochte to live in the favelas for a year

LosAlcoug

8/18/16 11:11am

Oooo...I see the premise for Lochte's next reality TV show! Make it happen!

Eddie

8/18/16 11:25am

JEAH!

BYUHouston11

8/18/16 11:40am

He's representing the US, and making us look like drunken fools, vandals, and

chilango

8/18/16 2:20pm

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