No Visa Required for 2016 Rio Olympic Games

At a time when everyone seems worried about borders, this is a surprise. You would almost think the Games would be the occasion for more, not less, caution.

The eyes of the world are always fully on the Olympic Games, making it, as we remember from the tragedy of 1972, a great target for terrorists.

Perhaps in the world of political correctness, this is "wonderful gesture".  I fear the Brazilians are putting themselves and their guests at unnecessary risk.  No screening program will ever be perfect, but if it can keep out a few troublemakers, it seems worthwhile to me.

Having first-hand knowledge of the colossal ineptitude of Brazilian bureaucracy, where it can take years for a legal resident to get a driver's license and other insults to a normal person's sanity, the only possible answer to this puzzling turn of events is that someone with the power to effect the rules has opted for the one obvious solution to avoiding empty stadiums.  The other thing I know about Brazil is that lawlessness is simply a way of life, so profit and smoothing the way for as many paying visitors as possible by skipping formalities is the goal and any possible consequences come in a distant second.