Keeping It Rio

December, 2015

WHY WAIT FOR THE OLYMPICS WHEN YOU CAN SHAKE OFF WINTER'S CHILL IN BRAZIL'S RELAXED PARTY PLAYGROUND? It sounds like Snapple bottle-cap trivia, but the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro will be the first held on South American soil. Considering that Brazil has never won a gold medal in soccer—the national pastime—you'd expect the pressure to be on. Guess again. At press time, Brazil's president was under threat of impeachment (thanks to a pesky oil scandal); inflation is up; jobs are way down...