Lucas Oleniuk / Toronto Star ) Order this photoRIO DE JANEIRO—The Rio Olympics were not yet done, but Rio seemed happy enough to be done with the Olympics. “We’re happy the world came here, but we’re tired,” said Mauricio da Silva, a Rio resident and sports fan who works as a server at a restaurant. There’s been a microscope on Brazil as a whole and Rio in particular for most of a decade. Two years later, the International Olympic Committee bestowed the 2016 Olympics on Rio — the first South American city to be given the honour. There were, after all, Rio residents who treated the Olympics as an inconvenience to be avoided.

Source: thestar August 21, 2016 21:45 UTC