Rio de Janeiro
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A different hotel for every need this February
The Week Recommends Get away from it all at these five enticing properties
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Rio de Janeiro: a guide to Brazil's iconic city
The Week Recommends There's far more to Rio than just mountains, beaches, music and dance
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Brazil celebrates the return of Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival
In Pictures More than 46m people joined this year’s Carnival celebrations, the first to take place without restrictions since the pandemic
By Sorcha Bradley Published
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Is Brazil returning to military rule?
In Depth Army forces to take control in Rio as gang crime rises
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Rio's Olympic stadiums left in disrepair
In Depth Iconic Maracana football stadium abandoned and vandalised, while murky water fills the aquatics centre
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From crime & corruption to Zika: Threats to the Rio Olympics
In Depth The build-up to the Games is rarely smooth, but the 2016 Olympics has had more than its fair share of problems
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The greatest show on earth - or are the Olympics just too big?
Daily Briefing With fewer and fewer cities able to afford the cost of the Games, the format may need to change in the future
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Zika: An Olympic sized problem as Jordan Spieth pulls out
Speed Read Organisers remain defiant over virus despite the withdrawal of another big name amid calls to move or postpone the 2016 Games
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Mutilated body parts wash up on Rio Olympics volleyball beach
Speed Read Gruesome discovery is another blow for city facing financial crisis and political turmoil in run-up to games
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Brazilian police strike weeks before World Cup begins
Speed Read Police industrial action in Brazil raises safety fears as anti-World Cup protests escalate
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