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I have seen many news stories on this but I like Steven's article the best. http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/rentboy-com-bust-im-an-escort-not-a-terrorist-so-get-out-of-my-pants/

The unions are very strong here. Easy Taxi and 99 Taxi work well. It was either in June or July here in Rio that the taxi drivers staged a protest and closed down the Aterro and access to the Zona Sul.

Thought this might be of interest.... I am trying to take a balanced approach to this looking at all points of view, but my experiences with uber have been fantastic and I am disappointed that rather than working on a comprehensive solution that would benefit everyone, the local governments just bent over and took it from the taxi folks. In cities as big as Sao Paulo and Rio I cant beleive that taxi's and uber each wouldnt find enough business. http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/brazil-taxi-drivers-protest-uber-33631386

I found today's (September 11) article in the New York Times intriguing in how it details the economic woes of Brazil and the political mis-steps. I had no idea the Brazilian national development bank had loaned out more money than the World Bank. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/world/americas/brazils-economic-crisis-intensifies-raising-pressure-on-president.html?ref=world&_r=0

This is a good basic story about pollution and lack of sewage treatment here. It is a shame that the article didn't go into more depth about the problems. Only two of the 1000 favelas here are even mentioned. Hardly a mention of the lack of connections to the city's water treatment facilities. Nor that building inspectors for years have taken payoffs to look the other way and not required the new construction in Recreio and Barra da Tijuca to connect up to CEDAE, the metropolitan water company. Just under three minutes of video and 17 photos showing how dirty some parts of Guanabara Bay really are. http://bigstory.ap.org/article/87ec7a2c6bf84ed09d4a6861fd17c753/away-olympics-sewage-blights-vast-swaths-rio