Clique aqui para Português As Olympics tickets remain cost prohibitive for a large number of Rio de Janeiro’s residents, including many from Rio’s favelas, on Wednesday, August 17, high-ranking member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Patrick […]
Clique aqui para Português A huge sign at the Olympic Park in Barra de Tijuca in the West Zone of Rio de Janeiro reads: “The Olympics bring much more than just the Olympics.” What this “much more” […]
Clique aqui para Português Ahead of the 2016 Rio Olympics, organizers and city officials touted the Games’ potential positive economic impacts. These Olympics were promised to: Have a gross economic impact on the Brazilian economy […]
Clique aqui para Português In September 2015 the mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, wrote an opinion piece in Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo proudly proclaiming that the Rio Olympics would leave the most […]
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Clique aqui para Português The Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro are almost upon us, yet the city’s lack of preparedness continues to provide international media with an endless feed of concerning stories. The most […]