https://internationalviewpoint.org/ International Viewpoint, the monthly English-language magazine of the Fourth International, is a window to radical alternatives world-wide, carrying reports, analysis and debates from all corners of the globe. Correspondents in over 50 countries report on popular struggles, and the debates that are shaping the left of tomorrow. en SPIP - www.spip.net https://internationalviewpoint.org/local/cache-vignettes/L144xH25/siteon0-da713.png?1745245334 https://internationalviewpoint.org/ 25 144 https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Olympic-Calamity https://internationalviewpoint.org/The-Olympic-Calamity 2016-08-15T06:54:59Z text/html en Jules Boykoff Brazil <p>When Brazil's interim president Michel Temer announced the opening of the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, he was met with boos. Speaking as fast as a voiceover at the end of a pharmaceutical commercial, it was an awkward scene. The choreographers of the ceremony launched fireworks to mask the crowd's disdain, but discontent with the Olympics extends far beyond Maracanã Stadium. While smiley-faced Games-goers fill the Olympic suites, thousands of Brazilians are taking to the streets.</p> - <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/-IV499-August-2016-" rel="directory">IV499 - August 2016</a> / <a href="https://internationalviewpoint.org/+-Brazil-+" rel="tag">Brazil</a>