If pollution doesn’t ruin Brazil’s Olympics, will the political drama?
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Come to Brazil! Land of Zika, political chaos, spiking inflation, a plummeting economy, and riotous protests.
It has not exactly been a great marketing campaign for South America’s largest country, which will host the summer Olympic Games in just four months. And after the recent political circus, those planning to attend the games could be forgiven for wondering if Brazil is about to fall apart at the seams.
Brazil’s president, Dilma Rousseff, is in increasing danger of being impeached. Her attempt to install her predecessor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in her cabinet was blocked by a judge, who says it’s an illegal attempt to protect the former leader from criminal investigations. Dozens of the nation’s top politicians and businessmen are being investigated or have been arrested or jailed. Meanwhile, the health care system is under strain as physicians study birth defect cases that may be linked to the Zika virus. It’s a real mess.
But there’s no need to panic. Despite the multiple crises raining down on the country, its key institutions — the political system, military and economy — should survive intact and could even emerge stronger, say several analysts who watch the world’s fifth most populous country
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