#RioOlympics: Impending disaster

Rio de Janeiro governor declares state of financial emergency ahead of Olympics. Emergency measures needed to avoid ‘a total collapse in public security, health, education, transport and environmental management’

The plea for funds is an embarrassment for the host of South America’s first Games and adds to a long list of woes that includes the impeachment of the president, the deepest recession in decades, the biggest corruption scandal in memory, the Zika epidemic and a wave of strikes and occupations of government buildings.