Despite the deluge of negative press and other sour media accounts of Rio's challenges to hosting the Olympic Games less than a month away, The Wall Street Journal's Will Connors takes a sunnier view of things in his article, "An Optimist's Guide to the Rio Olympics."
http://www.wsj.com/articles/an-optimists-guide-to-the-rio-olympics-1467921052
Connors makes the point that Rio has hosted the Pan American Games in 2007, FIFA World Cup Final in 2014, the annual Carnaval and New Year's celebrations, in addition to hosting numerous global meetings, conferences, and summits. Importantly, he says that public transportation is working, which will be something of a miracle during the Olympics in chronic traffic-congested Rio de Janeiro. The writer declares that "The city is as beautiful as ever" and that "Rio's beaches, mountains and forests will dazzle tourists and athletes alike."
Western New England students will judge for themselves, but hopefully Connors is on to something that Olympic organizers have done a great job of keeping under wraps!
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