Amy Goodman
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In Wake of Coup, Should Brazil’s Olympics Be Moved or Become a Site of Protest?
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June 1, 2016
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9:36Now PlayingIn early August, more than 10,000 athletes across the world will convene in Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic City for one of the most widely watched sporting events of the year. This comes as Brazil is battling an economic recession, a massive Zika outbreak and its worst political crisis in over two decades. Protesters have vowed to flood the streets during the Olympics, using the global spotlight to highlight a raft of domestic grievances including threats to social services, police violence, forced displacement and the recent ouster of democratically elected President Dilma Rousseff. We speak to Dave Zirin, author of the book "Brazil’s Dance with the DevilThe World Cup, the Olympics, and the Fight for Democracy," and Jules Boykoff, author of "Power GamesA Political History of the Olympics."
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