Why Brazil's post-Olympics hangover will hit so hard
- Written by Terry L. McCoy, Professor Emeritus of Latin American Studies and Political Science, University of Florida
On the eve of the Rio Olympic Games, host Brazil is struggling through one of the deepest crises in its history.
It wasn’t supposed to be this way.
In 2009, when the 2016 Games were awarded to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil was on a roll. President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva proclaimed:
“Now we are going to show the world we can be...
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