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Rio's economy is a work in progress

As construction continues on Olympic venues, Brazil’s once red-hot economy is in a tailspin. What difference will a year make in the countdown to Rio 2016?

Back in 2009, days after Rio de Janeiro won the right to host next year’s Summer Olympics, Bloomberg News called Brazil a “potential economic powerhouse.” Future events seemed to back up the claim. South America’s largest economy rocketed back from the global recession, expa...

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