Rio confident a year before Games but questions remain

Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff looks at an Olympic Torch model during a ceremony where the Rio Organizing Committee presented the torch and relay route for the Rio 2016 Games in Brasilia, Brazil, July 3, 2015. REUTERS/Wenderson Araujo

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazil's economy is heading for recession, the president is threatened with impeachment and a huge corruption scandal has engulfed the nation but Rio is riding a wave of confidence in its preparations to host the Olympics next year.

The Games start on Aug 5, 2016 and most of the work will be completed on time, Pedro Paulo, the man coordinating the city’s Olympic projects, told Reuters.