Rio de Janeiro mayor Eduardo Paes (C) poses for pictures next to the Rio 2016 Olympic mascot Vinicius and current and former Brazilian Olympians at the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 5, 2015. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - With the president's approval ratings in single digits, Congress crippled by gridlock and party leaders across the board blamed for a recession, one Brazilian politician has at least something going for him: the Olympics.
Rio de Janeiro’s mayor, Eduardo Paes, a feisty 45-year-old fond of blue jeans, draft beer and hobnobbing with foreign dignitaries, is using the Olympic Games next August to burnish his credentials as a hands-on executive and raise his political profile beyond the seaside metropolis.
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