Rio de Janeiro state plans to wall off slums

Financial Times ^ | 4/14/04 | Raymond Colitt

[MrBambaLaMamba]

Note to Rio drug lords - Buy shovels.

End terrorism, kill terrorists.

[Jimmy Valentine]

Poor Brazil. I loved the country and ther people, but as my uncle says who lived there for over fifty years, "Brazil will always be the country of great future opportunity."

They never seem to be quite able to get their "stuff" together.

regards,

[catonsville]

The robberies are incredibly brazen. Out in the open, with little fear of the cops.

The situation is so bad, that vigilante groups are murdering slum children, rationalizing that the kids would not then grow up to be criminals.

[observer5]

Note to Rio drug lords - Buy shovels.

End terrorism, kill terrorists.

...kill terrorist supporters!

[Guillermo]

The world would be in an uproar if the US did anything like this.

But, of course, everyone else gets a pass...(Since Lula is a Socialist).

[neutrino]

Sounds like a future illegal immigration problem to me...

[Maringa]

My parents lived there for 25 years, myself for 13 years...Wonderful country. The slums of Rio and Sao Paulo are a sight to see (there are even tour groups that now go to the slums for people see what they are like!) It is sad to see generation upon generation becoming despondent to the situation and continuing the cycle...1 out of a 100 ever break the cycle and leave the slums. Outside of Rio and Sao Paulo, other major cities have slums as well, but are a little more under control. The municipal, state and federal governments build public housing to help improve the living conditions. The problem with Rio and Sao Paulo, there is just no room or resources, and a lack of desire by the dwellers to get out of the situation.

For those who have never lived in Brazil, it is dificult to explain how those who have lived or worked in Brazil love the people, culture, etc. If something were ever to happen in the US were it was unliveable as a result of a war, etc. Brazil would be near the top of the list of places to emigrate to...

Abracos e saudades!!!!

[Maringa]

My parents lived there for 25 years, myself for 13 years...Wonderful country. The slums of Rio and Sao Paulo are a sight to see (there are even tour groups that now go to the slums for people see what they are like!) It is sad to see generation upon generation becoming despondent to the situation and continuing the cycle...1 out of a 100 ever break the cycle and leave the slums. Outside of Rio and Sao Paulo, other major cities have slums as well, but are a little more under control. The municipal, state and federal governments build public housing to help improve the living conditions. The problem with Rio and Sao Paulo, there is just no room or resources, and a lack of desire by the dwellers to get out of the situation.

For those who have never lived in Brazil, it is dificult to explain how those who have lived or worked in Brazil love the people, culture, etc. If something were ever to happen in the US were it was unliveable as a result of a war, etc. Brazil would be near the top of the list of places to emigrate to...

Abracos e saudades!!!!

[The Louiswu]

"Incarcerate the users long enough to detoxify them, then release them on lifelong probation with monthly testing. If they ever test positive again for the drugs, give them 5 years, and weekly testing after release. Next time they test positive, death penalty. I may be wrong..."

Your kidding right?

[greasepaint]

Concentration camps for people who have the
misfortune of not being born into a family
with connections to the gov't. Wonderful.
Can the 'Walled Ones' vote?

[fourdeuce82d]

Do I get the death penalty, or can you just beat me until I promise to quit?

Check with Jeremiah. I was merely suggesting a logical extension of his original proposal. Seems to me if that's how we want to treat purveyors/consumers of one type of intoxicant, shouldn't we treat them all that way? Or perhaps that's not how we want to treat any purveyors/consumers of any intoxicant...

I'm not suggesting outright legalization, merely trying to make the point that the original suggestion was a little steep.

[AD from SpringBay]

I think the international community needs to step in and protest and vote against any wall building. Can't they see this for what it is? Nothing more than an oppressive Zionist government trying to overregulate a peacful people's right to land.

Rio doesn't even have suicide murderers to deal with.

[FreedomFlynnie]

Oops...guess I should have detected the sarcasm there. Mea culpa.

Also pinging Jeremiah since you mentioned him in your post.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

No 2nd amendment?

[BossLady]

A friend of mine just returned from Brazil and said he was treated so poorly by the Braziliam govt he will never return. (He had been 4 years ago and everything went smoothly) The passport authority had so many people on strike that the cocky bosses were in charge. So Americans waited for hours to get stamped missing planes, boats etc. because they didn't like the USA. He also suspected that because of the horrible economy and the socialist political atmosphere, Brazilian citizens were fleeing to other nearby countries to avoid starvation and/or jail!