Tale of 2 Rios: the Olympic city and the rest of town (Yahoo Sports)

Promises that hosting the Games would remake even Rio’s most ramshackle neighborhoods have been eclipsed by myriad problems: security threats and soaring violence, the Zika virus, slow ticket sales, and water pollution in venues for sailing, rowing and distance swimming. Hanging over it all is the impeachment trial of President Dilma Rousseff, expected to start days after the Olympics end. ”Where I live, we don’t see changes like these,” said Julia Alves, an 18-year-old student speaking in the city’s renovated port area.