Saturday, November 5, 2016

The violence in Brazil.


Probably you are looking on internet: Things to do in Rio; Where to visit in Brazil? Places to visit in Brazil; Cautions to visit Rio; thing to do a trip to Brazil or Rio and so on. But before buy your tickets to Rio or Brazil, please you must read it or if you know someone that is thinking to do, please share this post with him or her.

The report from the NGO Brazilian Forum of Public Security comparing the period of 2011 and 2015
shows that in Brazil 278,839 people were murdered against 256,124 killed by the war in Syria.

If you're thinking, go to Brazil for any reason I think you need to re-evaluate this decision. I'm from Rio de Janeiro and one thing that I can say for you is that my state is bankrupted consequence of the corruption and bad public administration. After a lot of money spent for the Olympics in 2016 the state of Rio is living with public hospitals; police stations; schools running without basic resources to offer basic services to the population. For example, the police are asking for donation, not money but paper reams; there is no money for gas and even to repair the police cars. Some hospitals canceled surgeries because there is no money to buy basic medical supplies and the public employees are not receiving their salaries. Yes, state policemen; firefighters; teachers and even the retired staff are being affected.

Based on an account on Twitter called: "Where is happening shooting?" (Onde tem tiroteio) between November, 1st and the 4th of 2016, Rio de Janeiro had 56 shootings. But is not only shootings that are happening in Rio we have a lot of teenagers that acting as pickpockets and during the traffic jams gangs heavily armed go car by car stolen and threatening all those are in the cars, robberies also are very common on the public transport.

Another page on Facebook called "Rio of Dirt" (Rio de nojeira) has a lot of videos of teenagers stealing people on the streets of the downtown of the Rio de Janeiro. It's very common.

Another thing that could be fatal in the city of Rio is if you get lost. You can end up in a favela and be killed by drug dealers shooting your car. In 2015 a couple of seniors were attacked because, by mistake, following the GPS instruction they put the wrong address and ended up in a favela. The woman was killed and her husband with the car with a lot of bullet hole survived the attack leaving the place. Everyone is a hostage of the violence.

Other thing is that some places the rules are made by the drug dealers and there is no respect by laws is like a parallel power that run the country.

Rio de Janeiro city is beautiful and the Cariocas (name given to those who is born in the city of Rio) are persons that is cool, but unfortunately the city and the state of Rio is a total chaos right now and I don't think the things will be good soon.

Every day someone is dying; is being injured or is living in a place that is happening a shooting in Rio or Brazil. I highly recommend that you do not come to Rio or Brazil. Live in Rio or Brazil is like living giving a ride to the death we never know when and where the things can happen. Even at home the population is not safe.

This website shows the shooting occurrences in the city of Rio: http://fogocruzado.org.br/

I will list below some shocking cases of violence that killed innocent people by the violence in Rio.

- A doctor called Jaime Gold, 56, was stabbed to death by two teenagers at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in May, 2015. They stole his bike at 19h 30. (Portuguese article).

- October, 2015 the couple of seniors that ended up in a favela in Rio by mistake following the GPS instructions and they were attacked. Regina Stringari Múrmura, 70 was killed. (Portuguese).

- In May, 2016 a teenager is killed in a attempt of theft in an express highway in Rio called Linha Amarela (Yellow Line). Ana Beatriz, 17 was planning make a surprise to her mother during the mother day celebration. (Portuguese news)

- October, 2016 Bruna Lace de Freitas, 21 was killed at home by a shot in front of her daughter at home in Rio de Janeiro. Probably a shooting was happening outside.(Portuguese). Even at home the population in Rio is not safe.

- October, 2016 a dentist was killed trying to escape of a shooting in Rio. Priscila Nicolau Soares dos Reis, 37. Her car was hit by 17 shoots. (Portuguese)

Sources:
Newspaper ODia - Portuguese


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