The behemoth sports stadiums on the sprawling grounds of Rio’s Olympic Park were built to impress international visitors for the 2016 Summer Games. Today, they are eerily deserted. The space re-opened as a public recreation area in January, but aside from the occasional security guard, there is hardly a human in sight at the 2.5 billion real ($800 million), 300-acre complex. When Rio won its bid to host the 2016 Olympics, citizens hoped the mega-sporting event would compel the city to upgrade its infrastructure and improve the quality of life for all residents across its staggering socioeconomic divide. But that ... (full story)