Six months before Rio de Janeiro hosts the next Olympics,the country is struggling with a Zika epidemic and a cocktail of political and economic woesAfter Brazil was thrashed 1-7 in the semi-final of the final World Cup, it was hard to assume a sporting mega-event could throw up anything more dispiriting for the host nation.
But with six months to recede until Rio de Janeiro hosts the next Olympics, and the sense of gloom is plumbing new depths as the country struggles with a Zika epidemic and a cocktail of political and economic woes.
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Source: theguardian.com