Tag: Olympics
Can Brazil Soccer Get Its Beautiful Game Back?
Experts have long been warning that a sell-off of Brazilian talent is seriously damaging ...
Getting the Olympics to Brazil Cost US$ 2 Million in Bribes, According to Police
The head of Brazil’s Olympic committee allegedly paid a US$ 2 million bribe to ...
How the Rio Olympic Games Helped the Wealthy and Hurt the Poor
The Olympic Games revealed the deep socioeconomic and political contradictions of Brazil and helped ...
Brazilians Special Kind of Blindness: They Can’t See They Are Racist
University of Arizona anthropologist Jennifer Roth-Gordon spent 10 days in Brazil leading up to ...
Without Police, Rio’s Drug Lords Show Who Are the Bosses in the Favelas
After the Brazilian government spent tens of millions of dollars securing the city of ...
Olympics: At the End, All Doom and Gloom Melted Under the Warmth and Joy of Rio’s People
Rio de Janeiro is the marvelous city, the heart of Brazil, a mix of ...
Rio Gets a Silver for Olympics Organization, Bronze for Service and Gold for Hospitality
The Rio 2016 Olympic Games are to leave a remarkably positive legacy for Brazil, ...
Rio Police Indict Lying US Swimmers and Want Them to Apologize to the Brazilian People
The Brazilian government chief of staff, Eliseu Padilha, announced today, in Rio de Janeiro, ...
Rio Gives a Show of Diversity with the Best of Brazil’s Music
Using many visual projections and light effects, Rio 2016 Olympics opening ceremony was a ...
Rio Sets Up Office Against Terror, With Drones and Surveillance Balloons
A lot of people are fretting about the safety of the Rio Olympic Games. ...
