Okay, so let’s talk about the proverbial elephant in the room. It seems like everywhere I turn, there is news about Rio, and most of it troubling. After years of the media not reporting much of anything about Brazil (or Latin America, for that matter), the onslaught of horrific/hilarious/hopeless news about Brazil, and Rio in particular, must seem like a worrisome kind of truth for those unfamiliar with The Marvelous City (as it is known in Portuguese, a Cidade Maravilhosa). But it is a partial truth, partial because there’s always more…
Is living in Rio an Olympic sport?
