Gunbattles continue in Rio’s streets despite millions spent on Olympics

“They’ve spent millions of dollars on the Olympics, but it hasn’t improved our lives at all,” Mendonca says. “The shootings have gotten worse.” He recorded a video with his smartphone on Aug. 8, which appears to show a favela resident armed with a semi-automatic weapon firing at police in broad daylight. At the same time, Olympic events were happening just eight kilometres down street.