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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (33202)	5/7/2003 6:29:19 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

Why the slums are in Rio's hills Rio was up to 1961 country's capital. Because the civil servants area lazy bunch and it is a hot city, hard work was not their strength hence giving the fame of Brazilians being lazy. Something resented by the industrial capital Sao Paulo, 400Km to the south. In the 19th century Brazil had several internal skirmishes and there was always trouble somewhere to be resolved. In one of them, the army asked for volunteers to help fighting and the government would grant them land ownership. The volunteers were mainly black freed slaves without jobs. They went there, fought, government put the fire up but didn't give them the land. They felt shafted, march to Rio and promised to camp there until the government listened to them and fulfilled their promises. Rio the sierra, that normally ruins north south, is at that spot, right inside the water, giving it those nice mountains by the water line, but didn't have many places for the guys to camp with family and everything. The only places they found was up hill an area covered with a plant called Favela Tree. They are still there hanging on, now even forgot why they came and their shanty towns are called favela. Next why the drug took over.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (33202)	5/7/2003 6:30:46 AM
From: elmatador	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Why Rio's slums bred drug crime The freed black slaves (of the posting below) came to the favela and the government (which dind't give them anything) had not much moral ground to put them in line so they were left alone. They were up there no one disturbed. They didn't disturb the others. They played samba and worked as maids, gardeners something like Mexicans do for you guys in the US. The city, over the last 120 embrace their culture and get a lot of blackness and their culture become prominent because of the capital city being the show case of the country. But the black were always left as marginal and lawless and police was not imposing the rule of the law on the favelas. So, if you want to do something and don't want to be bothered by the law, where are going to do it. Yes, in the favelas. Kind of inner city problem of you guys in the US. Then the drugs came. Kids saw his father climbing the hills after a long day work. His mother coming tired home. Then the kid compared it with the guy who worked for the drug trade. New car. Plenty girls around him and respected because no one would mess with him. Nice clothes. He didn't live much longer but the young guy would prefer that rather than work hard like his father. His parents lost as role models and everyone wants to work for the drug trade. Competition became ferocious and they solve by shooting each other. Something similar as the gangsterism of the US during the Prohibition.