Missing a month for the start of the largest in the world and Brazil can safely say sporting event: we are completely ready to host the Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will be the first held in South America. It was inaugurated the Olympic Village, which will host most of the 17,000 athletes who will participate in one of the most beautiful scenery in Rio de Janeiro. Sports facilities, especially the Olympic Park in Barra da Tijuca, also have already been delivered.
The country prepared a solid security program, which will have 85,000 professionals from different forces of federal, state and municipal government to ensure that the sports festival takes place in an atmosphere of total tranquility and peace. That force will act in an integrated manner to ensure the protection of athletes, technical committees, heads of state, authorities, tourists, residents and journalists.

It will not be the first time we show the world our capacity to organize and secure and welcoming visitors reception. In recent years, the country has accumulated experience in mega events of international level. We were hosting the World Cup, the Pan American Games, the military, the World Youth Day Confederations Cup and World Games. All achieved a resounding success, executed with excellence, responsibility and the joy of Brazilians own. We repeat that success once again.
ames show a nation with a consolidated democracy and one of the major economies The Games will show the world a nation consolidated and one of the major global economies democracy. A country with great potential for business and policy regarding reduction of inequality. Rio de Janeiro will receive hundreds of thousands of domestic and foreign tourists during the Games. The other five cities Football -San Pablo, Salvador, Manaus, Brasilia and Belo Horizonte will also be filled with Brazilian and foreign fans. Hosting an event of this magnitude is a great achievement of the Brazilian people and a source of national pride. Importantly, 60% of investments in facilities, totaling 7.070 billion reais, are financed by the private sector. And the resources and applied effort will leave a legacy for the whole country.
First, the Games spread throughout Brazil the values ​​of sport: cooperation, solidarity, discipline and improvement. In more concrete level, they also leave a legacy for Brazilian national training network with excellent facilities in the five regions of the country aimed at both sports initiation and the high performance.
We can guarantee that the risk of occurrence of cases of Zika virus is virtually nonexistent In Rio de Janeiro, the Games have had a major impact on the implementation of public policies. The implementation of various infrastructure projects and mobility in the city was accelerated, extended or made possible by the fact host the event. The direct benefit to have those actions on the quality of life of the inhabitants is evident.
In recent weeks, they spread throughout the world the possibility of occurrence of outbreaks of tropical diseases during the competition. We can guarantee, as has the World Health Organization, which is practically nonexistent risk that Zika virus cases occur during the Games. Winter in the southern hemisphere historically very low rates recorded by Aedes aegypti-borne diseases. Zika cases have decreased dramatically in recent weeks in Brazil and Rio. I remember in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, when 1,400,000 foreign visitors came to Brazil, there was a forecast of epidemic that never was recorded. The health area will have a favorable environment for tourists during the Games.
Brazil is ready to welcome all visitors who will have the pleasure to closely follow the competitions that bring together the elite international athletes. And surely we will have a lot to show to the 5,000 million people who will see the Games around the world. Brazil is waiting with open arms.