The fast-approaching Olympic Games commencing in Rio this August has already received its fair share of controversy. An outbreak of the Zika virus in Brazil has brought the whole event into contention, with calls being made for the games to be moved due to potential global health threats. As hundreds of thousands of people from around the world are expected to be in attendance, the World Health Organisation has taken heed in its assessment of the risks at hand.
Meanwhile water pollution, a receding GDP and the impeachment of Brazil’s president Dilma Rousseff has created unrest in the region.
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