Despite the fact that I have tried to move this blog away from the direction of reporting on scary news items, I can't NOT mention this weekend's gang war here in Rio, particularly because it was yesterday's top story internationally. Can you say: "All because of the Olympics?"
Although a police helicopter being shot down does make this story a bit more interesting, 12 people dying in a gun battle in Rio is not normally international-headline-grabbing news. It is not exactly a slow day in Rio, either, but, well, you get my drift.
Now the headlines scream: Rio, host city of the 2016 Olympic games, is home to a gang war. Um, yeah. Did anyone really think that a 7 year halt had been called on that situation the minute that Brazil won the Olympic bid?
The Guardian published a decent article on the situation, click here to read it.
Scary news! But you're right - winning the bid def put Rio in the spotlight more than than usual. Everything there will now be super under the microscope.
Posted by: Typ0 | October 19, 2009 at 06:27 PM
It's a shame that things like this have to hurt the city's image... On the bright side, there are now 4,000 more police officers in Rio and Lula is giving the city money.
http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/11322/
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