Brazilian president Dilman Rousseff said "Brazil is ready to host the most successful edition of the Olympic Games" after the Olympic torch relay began in Brasilia

SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Carlos Arthur Nuzman, Brazilian Olympic Committee president

"The Olympic flame has arrived at its new home - Brazil. From Olympia, Greece, it brings a sentiment of union, inclusion and peace. The historic mission of the flame is to promote a truce (between people) and call people together for the Games. Here it (the flame) will do more, it will take the Olympic ideals to the four corners of the national territory and unite the country around the Rio 2016 Games."

SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Dilma Rousseff, Brazil president

"With the lighting of the torch, Brazil is from this moment the country of the Olympic Games. The great emotion of this day will be forever ingrained in our memory, in our heart and in the history of our country - and also in the history of the Olympic Games. The Games that act as a call for unity and peace."

SOUNDBITE: (Portuguese) Dilma Rousseff, Brazil president

"Brazil is ready to host the most successful edition of the Olympic Games."