The clip debuted Monday afternoon after Mayor Eduardo Paes brought the Olympic flag into Rio de Janeiro. By Paula Zulian Rio Olympics 2016 Logo - P 2012 With the London ceremonies now in the the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The acting governor of Rio de Janeiro state has declared a state of financial disaster so he has more leeway to manage the state’s scarce resources less than two months Brazil hosts ...

The Olympic Games are 31 days away – and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis. Violence is on the rise, and police officers are at loggerheads with the Rio state government after claiming they’ve not been paid ...

September 13, 2007 - Seven cities in total have made bids to the International Olympic Committee: Chicago, Madrid, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Doha (Qatar), Baku (Azerbaijan) and Prague. June 4, 2008 - ...

As Rio de Janeiro enters the final stages of preparation for the Summer Olympics, news media from all over the world are trying to understand the city and its contrasts. Inevitably, that includes ...

With a year to go before the summer Olympics begin, athletes took to the waters of Rio de Janeiro this weekend — in spite of growing concerns about the water they are sailing, rowing, canoeing and ...

This story appears in the August 17, 2015, issue of Sports Illustrated. Subscribe to the magazine here. For an image to capture an Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, you could do worse than to choose one ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Some people are afraid to enter this city’s notorious favelas, the low-income neighborhoods where drug-related violence creates fear. But on Friday night, $1.50 and a little faith ...

With nearly 3 million international tourists visiting every year, the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro is one of the most popular tourist destinations in South America. And despite recent coverage of ...