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What are you talking about in regards to Mexico 'changing' the name of favelas? That word doesn't exist in Spanish and ciudades perdidas is not a positive term- lost cities.
Also, I have been a victim of crime in Brazil. I was assaulted in Rio. Luckily, they were kids who just stole our electronics but people DO need to be careful. My niece was just robbed 2 months ago in Sao Paulo. Most of my family in Porto Alegre has had cars stolen at gunpoint.
The violence in Brazil is a problem and there is nothing wrong with telling people to be careful and to be aware. I know it is a big country and the level of safety differs in different areas, but people need to be careful. I don't like living my life paranoid but that is the reality.
I'm pretty sure the violence in Mexico is covered by every news source out there. I don't think anyone is trying to cover it up, if anything they go overboard in talking about the violence in Mexico.
Some are going to call me a self-hating Brazilian, lol.
I am just glad circumstances took me to another country and I have now a much better quality of life.
To live your day-a-day spending a lot of energy watching out for your belongings, protecting yourself, is just not what life should be.
Some are going to call me a self-hating Brazilian, lol.
I am just glad circumstances took me to another country and I have now a much better quality of life.
To live your day-a-day spending a lot of energy watching out for your belongings, protecting yourself, is just not what life should be.
Pretty funny indeed
I suggest you to take a look on this page (it's in Portuguese, but I suppose this information is everywhere on the internet)
What's your issue with Mexico dude? This thread was not started to compare Brasil to Mexico. No one cares except you. You kind of look like you have some sort of mental issue or something. Regardless, Mexico isn't exactly a safe place.. so in reality you're only proving the thread's point about crime in Brasil being an problem.
What's your issue with Mexico dude? This thread was not started to compare Brasil to Mexico. No one cares except you. You kind of look like you have some sort of mental issue or something. Regardless, Mexico isn't exactly a safe place.. so in reality you're only proving the thread's point about crime in Brasil being an problem.
Erhhh....No problem at all. Just comparing violence rate. Any problem?
Kind of, because it doesn't make any sense why you're comparing the two. Not that it's a real problem, it just seems kind of dumb/pointless.
If I am not wrong this is how this started, on the second page of this thread...
Violence here, violence there, violence everywhere. It's very dangerous do live in Oslo, or Spain, for instance, where someone can explode and kill dozens at the same time. It's dangerous to live in any American city, where someone can get a gun and go shooting and killing dozens at a school or in the streets! It's hard to l ive in Beijing with all that violent pollution! And what about Mexico with its favelas (or as they call them, ''Ciudades Perdidas'', as if by changing the name it woul be possible to diminsh their poverty!) with all those drug capos and entires states dominated by milicias? Give me a break with all these talks and poverty in Brazil. If you want to come, come, if you dont't, nice!
Some are going to call me a self-hating Brazilian, lol.
I am just glad circumstances took me to another country and I have now a much better quality of life.
To live your day-a-day spending a lot of energy watching out for your belongings, protecting yourself, is just not what life should be.
Well, I don't spend a lot of my energy "watching out for my belongings and protecting myself", and nothing bad happens to me. So, I'm very happy here.
The news that you showed in any way "translates well" how crime is in Brazil. It's very far from "translating well" anything.
And I have serious doubt if it wasn't a setup of Rede Globo, with political intentions. We can expect anything from a TV network that admitted to have edited and manipulated the tape of a debate between presidential candidates in the 1989 elections. We are now in election year in Brazil, so expect ANYTHING.
By the way, I think it was a bad idea to have a World Cup in Brazil in the year of presidential elections, because it would attract every kind of sabotage from the opposition, that doesn't care about their own country, but only care about seizing power back. But there was little room for option, since Brazilian presidential elections and World Cups happen every 4 years, and are always in the same year.
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