Flame lands in Brazil for 90-day relay to Games

A pilot waves a Brazilian national flag during the arrival of the Olympic flame in Brasilia, Brazil, May 3, 2016. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino

BRASILIA (Reuters) - President Dilma Rousseff lit the Olympic torch in Brazil's capital on Tuesday and pledged that political turmoil engulfing her nation would not harm the first Games to be held in South America.

The Olympic flame was flown into Brasilia on Tuesday to start a three-month relay through more than 300 towns and cities that will end with the opening of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro's Maracanل stadium on Aug. 5.