For years, the country of Brazil has not been in the best place politically and economically. In the last year or two, the very fragile system that seemed to be in place to prevent Brazil from completely falling into chaos has broken down. The president was almost impeached, the congress speaker has resigned, anti government rallies and riots have broken out around the country, tensions with Brazil’s indigenous people are higher than ever and the logistics of hosting the 2016 summer olympics seem to be getting worse.

So what exactly is happening in Brazil? And are things going to get better anytime soon?

Well Brazil has been known to patch up social and political issues as quick as possible to keep it out of international media, but usually this is only a temporary fix. All these issues have come back all at once, and now the country needs someone to blame. For starters, they tried to use the president as a scapegoat when the congress decided to attempt to impeach her on corruption charges. These charges arouse after she refused to stop a corruption operation that exposed many top ranked politicians to having under the table dealings with certain oil companies. After a long process, the speaker of the lower house decided to stop the impeachment process and resigned.

Then there are the rallies and riots. Anti-government riots have become a common occurrence in Brazil. People are tired of the corruption, of the lies and of a government that has not even attempted to improve their own country. In March, over a million Brazilians took part in a country wide march against the government. They were also calling for the impeachment of the president Dilma Rousseff and for an end to the corruption that is plaguing the country.

As for the tensions with the indigenous tribes, farmers and tribes have been been having problems when it comes to the possession of territory. Many tribes are trying to reclaim their lands from farmers, but farmers refuse to give it up. These issues have gone as far as the murder of a group of indigenous people are the hands of farmers. The government has been in talks with both groups and some land has been returned to the tribes, but the tensions and talk continue.

Now the Olympics, one thing is for sure, Brazil is not ready for the Olympics. Reasons range from the fact that government security forces have been removing people from their homes, sometimes even violently, in an effort to build the facilities required for the Olympics to the discovery of dangerous contamination in three Olympic water venues. Brazil has been scrambling to get ready to host these events but the instability in the country has taken its toll on these efforts. People worry that since the government seems unable to handle its own people, how will they handle the huge numbers of foreigners that will begin coming into the country once the games begin.

So in the end it doesn't look like things are going to get any better for Brazil, and the Olympics could be the make or break for its already failing government.