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So i was glad when i discovered dancing with the devil in the city of god and to read more about this city and how it has chang... Read More
But very depressing for the local folks who are not wealthy
Anyone who has ever lived in or wondered about countries that have struggled with problems similar to those that brazil has fac... Read More
There isnt a better way to get acquainted with the city
Packaging/appearance
This book gave me an insider’s look at the dizzying changes taking place right now in the cidade maravilhosa
A must read for anyone that wants to know what is happening in rio as it prepares again for another blast from the ioc
This was closed to the public when i went to a football match in 2011 in the engenhao
Competitiveness
The 2016 rio olympics was a great tv event
In all of this she manages the interplay of rio preparing for and managing the organisation of the world cup and the olympics
The book is also a deeply felt story of a familythe authors as well as many cariocas
These realities included gang violence lack of environmental cleanup and community infrastructure air pollution prostitution an... Read More
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- This product had a total of 75 reviews as of our last analysis date on Dec 5 2021.
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Before reading dancing with the devil i had only a basic understanding of the state rio gained from watching the world cup the movie “city of god” and perusing the odd newspaper article
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My first and to date last visit to rio de janeiro brazil was in february 2008 for carnaval
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What i presumed was a book purely about rios politics turned out to be anything but
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There are stories contained in this book that range in tone from tragic to pure adoration as the author recounts many anecdotes from her own childhood memories of rio to her more recent experiences living there as an adult
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An openminded and welcoming country in many ways but also a country plagued by such tragedies as the violence brought forth because of the drug and gang wars
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But now with much of that gone it would be time for discussions on what was failing in brazil and how the country could move on
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She reviews the economic hard times of the 1980s in brazil and tells us that in 1982 brazil was essentially broke
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There are several chapters on the gangs and the favelas and the pacification of such by the police and armed forces
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