The Rio Olympics were supposed to signal Brazil’s arrival on the world stage. Nine months later, as a culture of corruption is exposed at the highest levels, Brazilians are asking who benefited most from the Games.
Rio de Janeiro: On April 21 last year, a torch was lit at the site of the original Olympic Games in Greece to begin its journey to Rio de Janeiro. Hours later, a wave swept away a section of the brand new oceanfront bike path advertised by Rio’s mayor, Eduardo Paes, as “the most beautiful in the world”, killing two men.
“I almost died,” Guilherme Miranda told Globo News. “Where is the mayor? Where is the e…
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