The Olympic flame has arrived in Brazil for the start of a torch relay that will culminate with the opening of the Olympic Games in Rio in August. President Dilma Rousseff lit the Olympic flame in Brasilia. Speaking on occasion she said, Brazil is ready to host the most successful Olympics in history. The torch relay will reach 329 Brazilian cities and will end on August 5 at the opening ceremony in Rio's Maracana stadium. Earlier, the Olympic flame arrived in a lantern on a flight from Switzerland and was taken to the Planalto presidential palace.