Even before the start of this summer’s Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, there has been criticism of polluted waterways,…
On the list of ill-conceived development projects, some say the Olympics and the World Cup are somewhere near the worst.
Brazil is floundering through a deep recession, political upheaval, multiple corruption scandals and the Zika virus. Now, Rio de Janeiro…
Deadly, drug-resistant “super bacteria” are likely still present in waters that will host swimming, canoe and rowing events at the…
When Rio secured its place in 2009 as the host of the 2016 Olympics, Brazil was a rapidly developing country with…
Since its outbreak in Brazil last year, the Zika virus has spread with alarming speed through Latin America and, with…