
The jagged mountains ringing Rio de Janeiro descend to a temperate
valley with two storied beaches on the Atlantic. Here is the city that gave the
world a new, eclectic musical
beat with the Bossa Nova, the South American jewel that will host the
summer Olympic Games in 2016. Yet Rio has also been the setting for violence
against journalists, a trend that is on the upswing again throughout this
nation.




