" RIO DE JANEIRO Nico Hischier Womens Jersey , June 20 (Xinhua) -- Rio de Janeiro's famed carnival will have to be scaled down after the city said belt-tightening measures would slash 4 million U.S. dollars from the 2018 carnival budget, officials said Tuesday.
Jorge Castanheira, president of the Independent League of the Special Group Samba Schools, told a press conference that without the money, the city's world famous carnival celebrations will have to be downsized.
Castanheira said he was calling on Marcelo Alves Adidas Taylor Hall Jersey , president of the city's tourism company Riotur, to help raise funds from private sources.
One strategy is to sell advertising space at the sambadrome, the venue that hosts the competing samba schools during the carnival, Alves said.
On Monday, Rio Mayor Marcelo Crivella said he had no choice but to cut the budget.
""I cannot go back (on that decision). Circumstances force me (to make the cuts) Adidas Will Butcher Jersey ,"" he said.
""What we are doing is returning to the budget of carnivals prior to 2016. Last year there was a (budget) increase during a moment of euphoria and ... look at the crisis in which the city of Rio de Janeiro finds itself today,"" said Crivella.
The Rio carnival is a festival held each year and the biggest of its kind in the world.
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BERLIN, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Monday reacted with dismay to weekend far-right violence and racism in the U.S.
The event stood "in complete contrast to everything which the chancellor and the entire (German) Federal government are working towards", Merkel's spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin.
"Those were absolutely repulsive scenes which were witnessed during this far-right march Adidas Nico Hischier Jersey ," he added.
By voicing such outspoken concern through her speaker, the German chancellor has gone far beyond U.S. President Donald Trump, who has so far failed to directly criticize far-right violence.
Trump came under attack, including within his own Republican party, for only making a curt statement against hatred and fanaticism "from many sides" in response to the Charlottesville incident.
A rally staged by white nationalists in Charlottesville turned violent Saturday. After hours brawls between the pro-rally far-right figures and anti-racism protesters Authentic Taylor Hall Jersey , a sport car ploughed into crowd against the rally, killing a 32-year-old local woman and injuring 19 others.
As pressure grew from senior Republican politicians including Hispanic Senator Marco Rubio to describe the murder as an act of terrorism, the White House later added that Trump's original comments were meant to include the White Supremacist Movement, The Ku-Klux-Klan and Neonazi groups.
Merkel's dismay with the status of U.S. race relations was shared by her ruling party colleague and vice deputy leader Armin Laschet, who described the alleged murder as far-right terrorism.
Laschet said that former Republican presidents such as Ronald Reagan had taken a clear stance against racism and that he hoped that the current office holder would do the same.
The far-right rally was organized to oppose the removal of statues of Confederate leaders who fought in the U.S. civil war Authentic Will Butcher Jersey , amongst others to defend the widespread practice of black slavery in Southern states.
According to Seibert, Merkel felt deep regret for the death of a young woman who had joined in demonstrations against the controversial march.
"We stand in solidarity with those who peacefully oppose such aggressive, extreme right-wing opinions," Seibert described Merkel's sentiments.
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OUAGADOUGOU, Aug. 14 (Xinhua) -- A group of gunmen attacked a Turkish restaurant in the center of the capital Burkina Faso on Sunday evening, leaving at least 17 dead and eight others injured, according to a government statement.
Authorities said the shooting broke out at the restaurant located on the Nkrumah Avenue in downtown Ouagadougou around 9 p.m. local time (2100 GMT). Security forces were dispatched to the scene and blocked the neighborhood.
Policemen were then engaged in a firefight with the attackers. Nearby residents were quoted by local reports as saying that gunshots and explosions were continuously heard.p The nationalities of the dead remain unclear, the statement said.
Police asked citizens to calm down and stay home Taylor Hall Jersey , especially not to go to the city center. Up till now, the blockade has not been lifted.
In January, 2016, terrorists attacked Splendid Hotel, a luxury hotel and restaurant in the same neighborhood Will Butcher Jersey , causing around 30 deaths. Al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb afterwards claimed responsibility for the incident on a website titled "Jihad."
A landlocked nation in West Africa, Burkina Faso has suffered several attacks in recent years.
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