Prosal Posted February 15, 2007 Report Share Posted February 15, 2007 Apparently 20% of the 600 favelas in Rio are now controlled by private militias. Some local residents pay around 10 Reals (4 â?¬) per month to keep the drug gangs out of the favelas http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/americas/6352759.stm http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/02/12/rio.violence.ap/index.html http://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/americas/01/26/brazil.crime.reut/index.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 The award winning movie "City of God" documented this very well. The trouble with vigilantes though is the neighbourhood loses one crime lord and replaces it with another. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Hi Prosal, As I've said before, a lot of this is the legacy of the Spanish - with the possible exception of Chile, I cant think of a former Spanish colony where the poverty-sticken dont outnumber the rest ('those who arent forced to live in the Barrio/Ghetto/Favela') by more than 100 to 1. That is a formula for the rise of the drug lord etc. The Spanish raped continents and simply moved on when things got too hot. At least the Brits left us with a portrait of the Queen and the recipe for plum pudding. :smirk: (OK, these are wild generalisations, but other than roads, our parliamentary system, the rule of law, a prosperous rural sector (in 1901) and the English language, what have the Romans done for us anyway ?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Is there really that much of a resemblance between Latin and modern English? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Ut-way oo-day oo-yea ean-may? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prosal Posted February 16, 2007 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 The movie "City of God" was really good, based upon real events that occured during the 70s and 80s, but in reality the Cidade de Deus can't be considered as a favela. It was a housing project started in the sixties to house people who were being forcibly removed from a favela near Lagoa (where all those high priced condos are today). It quickly overflowed its limits and is now *something* like a favela, but not an "official" favela as its land is not squatted. Also violence doesn't occur that often in Cidade de Deus, unlike the others favelas of the Zona Sul like Morro da Dona Marta, Chapeu Mangueira, Vidigal, Rocinha, Pavao-Pavaozinho, Cantagalo, to name a few, where there's shootouts and murders everyday. If you read portugese, here is a day-by-day reporting about violence in Rio de Janeiro. Distressing. http://noticias.terra.com.br/ultimas/0,,EI316,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shygye Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 One teenager from a favela admits: "One day you wake up and decide to do something with your life. Your start with robbery, kidnapping... whatever comes your way." Flash Kidnapping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julian2 Posted February 16, 2007 Report Share Posted February 16, 2007 Many years ago a mate and I were 'mongering in the Torres Strait's Islands and he got pissed off because he couldn't understand what the girls were saying when they talked to each other. So he started talking to me in pig-Latin and one of the dusky island maidens actually understood it... Sheet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gobbledonk Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 Is there really that much of a resemblance between Latin and modern English? The 'Romans' reference was a Monty Python take : rent 'Life of Brian' one wet afternoon and you'll thank me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flashermac Posted February 18, 2007 Report Share Posted February 18, 2007 "Look in the brighter side of life ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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