Don’t Bite Off More Than You Can Chew: Brazil After the Olympics

... Nevertheless, two months prior to the beginning of the Rio Games, the World Health Organization (WHO) did state that there was “ very low risk ” of the virus spreading, thereby permitting to hold the Games. Governmental instability stemming from Dilma Rousseff’s suspension, undying corruption scandals, and the grievous state of Brazilian economy, which dropped by 3.8%, turned Rio 2016 into one of the worst prepared for Olympics. Before the start of the Olympics, the population of Brazil actively expressed their discontent with holding the Games during a grave economic crisis: the investment climate is deteriorating, the national currency plummeting (over a year, the ...