What Rio Doesn’t Want The World to See

The 2016 Olympics are set to begin in just over a month in Rio de Janeiro. As the city prepares to receive an influx of international visitors, it is building new infrastructure and transportation systems to accommodate the surge. But the city is also undergoing another major project: hiding and removing poor people from view of foreign onlookers.

Vox host went to Rio to see how the city is transforming to make way for the Olympics.

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