favelas and young people. The native Amerindian the favelas in Rio For those unfamiliar with the geography of Rio de Janeiro is well say that the city at its center, the largest urban forest in the world (da Tijuca forest).
In the last 30 to 40 years have developed an enormous amount of favelas (shanty communities because they say it is a derogatory term) in marginal areas, especially along the slopes of the hills in the same forest.
A myriad of favelas. In common parlance of Rio, said morro (hill) has become synonymous with the favela. In Rio there are 701 favelas, home to some 1.5 million inhabitants and the municipality of Rio has 5.5 million. It means that one person in five lives in this type of situation.
The public authority from the beginning was not interested and left the favelas guided by the logic of ghetto blacks and poor, following the philosophy of "fend you, just that they are far away." But in doing so has allowed each community to organize itself alone. Not being ruled areas where the law has become progressively domain of trafficking, especially of drugs.
City of God. A good movie to understand some things about the urban situation in Rio and the Brazilian movie "Cidade de Deus" and if you have not seen recommend it.
In the film we see how it is organized people who sell drugs. Little by little, a bit 'at a time, trade has occupied progressively spaces and the gang war for control of the areas invaded everyday life.
Currently there are three factions (called phalanges) administering the drug trafficking in Rio: Commando Vermelho (the oldest), Terceira Command, Amigos dos Amigos. Each favela in Rio belongs to one of these three groups and who belongs to a favela favelas can drive into the same group.
The favelas are like closed cities, enter only those known and those who live there, all others are enemies or potential cops.
Enemies to the skin. Since the members of rival factions are considered among their mortal enemies, which happens when people are in prison (both traffickers thieves that municipalities) are all compared to the traffickers and must decide which group they belong and go to the area of \u200b\u200bthat group. Even those who committed common crimes and criminal factions not a member of the police is obliged to choose to identify with a faction. Absurd.
figures not words. To summarize the described just look at the UNESCO report on deaths from firearms in Brazil. Over the past ten years, these victims outnumber those registered in 23 wars, rising to second place after the civil wars in Angola and Guatemala.
During this period, 325,551 people were killed, an average of 32,555 deaths per year. The data are part of the study: "Mortes por Matadas armas de fogo no Brasil 1979 - 2003 "which was released June 27 by the UNESCO representative in Brazil, Jorge Werthein and the President of the Federal Senate, Renan Calheiros, the Senate, in Brasília (DF).
This study aims to raise awareness of Brazilian society about the importance of disarming the population and the approval of the referendum to restrict the free trade of firearms, which must be approved in those days.
The study reveals that between 1979 and 2003, firearms have killed 550 000 people. Which means 35 thousand people a year, 100 per day.
Research confirms that young people between 15 and 24 years are the main victims: 206mila. Only in 2003, 41.6% of cases were young.
Young, sad record. The research was conducted on the basis of data from the Mortality Information System of Brazil (DATASUS health ministry) and then compared with international data. E 'was compared with other types of deaths (accident, illness, etc. ..). Moreover, these deaths were compared with the number of victims of 26 armed conflicts in 25 countries in the world at different times.
What is impressive is that in Brazil, even without being a religious conflict, a war with a neighboring country or an internal armed political struggle, you experience more deaths than firearms for nations affected by a real war.
To promote a culture of peace in Brazil, therefore, must necessarily pass to the reduction of weapons in circulation.
What solutions? From this brief summary, which I presented to be able to understand how the situation in Brazil is really dramatic.
When young people here in Rio speak of Iraq to describe the situation in which they live is not a joke or a forced comparison.
These things have been reported often, even in the various events and walks for peace, but we know that reality is complicated and many factors are at play.
The solution, therefore, it seems impossible.
source: website.
Another serious problem is one of the favelas, a matter that, until there documents we idea entirely fictitious. The favelas are not, as you might think, but logistical arrangements are actually political TRUCTURES consolidated over time because a national policy of self-interest. is not a purely economic conditions for which poor people do not have this arrangement, it is instead the result of a marginalization that eventually led to the formation of and internal policies that go against the autonomous national law, and then today you can not find solutions. really recommend the film City of God that truly opens our eyes to the situation of the Brazilian working class but also shows us how that society is very complex and perhaps incomprehensible to us.