RIO DE JANEIRO: Plagued by violence, white elephant sports facilities and corruption scandals, Rio de Janeiro today is unrecognizable from the feel-good city greeting the world at the Olympics exactly a year ago.
Rio was the first South American city to hold the Summer Games and organizers were credited with staging a successful show -- from the moving opening ceremony to the exploits of Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt and US swimming superman Michael Phelps.
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