By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A report released on Monday by the Comitês Populares da Copa (the People’s World Cup Committees) lists a series of alleged human rights abuses surrounding the preparations for the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games, ranging from housing and information [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The eight finalists shortlisted to design a new golf course for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro have been announced. The winner will be responsible for designing the eighteen hole course that will see golf return to the Olympic spotlight after a [...]
By Sarah de Sainte Croix, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s Minister for Sport, Orlando Silva, announced his resignation yesterday in the wake of corruption allegations that have dominated national headlines for the last week. The Chief Secretary for Sport, Waldemar Manoel Silva de Souza, will take his place temporarily until a [...]
By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazil’s popular former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has called on embattled Sports Minister Orlando Silva and the PCdoB (Communist Party of Brazil) to stand up to pressure and not give up the Sports Ministry. In a call to PCdoB president Renato Rabelo, ex-President [...]
By Ben Tavener, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Sports Minister Orlando Silva, who recently joined a string of ministers in Dilma Rousseff’s government to become embroiled in corruption scandals, was fighting for his career yesterday as he addressed the Senate. Veja magazine has accused the minister of embezzling money meant for the “Segundo Tempo” [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The first 2016 Olympics venue to be opened has passed its debut examination with flying colors. The Athletes’ Park served as the “Cidade do Rock,” hosting the 2011 Rock in Rio music festival last week, and the Rio 2016 Olympic Organizing Committee can breathe [...]
By Helen Trouten Torres, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – It may be no coincidence that recent mega-events have been awarded to countries with developing economies; the 2008 Beijing Olympics and 2010 World Cup in South Africa were both hosted by BRICS. The events are capable of generating unique enthusiasm in a worldwide audience [...]
By Robbie Blakeley, Contributing Sports Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The 2016 Olympic Games, to be hosted in Rio de Janeiro, earned its first official Tier Two sponsor at the prestigious Copacabana Palace Hotel last Thursday (September 8th), as financial services firm Ernst & Young signed up as a Professional Services partner. The company’s [...]
By Helen Trouten Torres, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Cities across the globe are using mega events like the World Cup and Olympics to catalyze urban development and social and economic change. Being a host city is a way in which cities can express their personality, enhance their status, and advertise their position [...]
By Patricia Maresch, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Work on Rio’s MaracanĂŁ Stadium, the center of the 2014 World Cup, has been halted by a strike following an explosion on Wednesday that left one employee badly wounded. Workers say conditions are unsafe, and besides improved safety standards, workers also demand better pay, [...]
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