How the Olympic Legacy Could Hurt Rio’s Poorest Citizens

Aug 30, 2016, 12:08 AM

In 2013, 62-year-old Rio de Janeiro resident Paulo Cezar de Paula and his family were evicted from their home in Rio de Janeiro’s historic port area to make way for five new, 38-stories high Trump Towers. The towers are part of the larger $2.5 billion port renovation plan called Porto Maravilha, which helped the city win its 2009 bid to host the Olympic games and will surely be the Games' most defining legacy. The port, where more than 2.