Favelas are where approximately 11.4 of the 190 million of Brazils’ population resides. Favelas are

Unfortunately, the price tag, of well over $10 billion for the event, is adding to the already considerable strain on government budgets in Brazil. Faced with nasty recession, cuts in public services, and rising unemployment, bands of Brazilians, have turned out the protest, what is seen as wasteful spending and misallocation of resources on the Olympics. Throw in the growing threat of the Zika virus, and Brazil may end up with larger crowds of agitators protesting the government than of sports fans cheering on the athletes. Also they would get so much money from hosting the Olympics, along with that they would be better off money wise then before the Olympics were held

This stems from the fact that many Brazilians are fed-up with politics in the country. President Dilma Rousseff’s recent impeachment and the criminal charges many

(Boas and McNeill, 2003) The institution could have avoided part of the problems if it had allocated more resources environment protection actions. Although there was certain many issues that could be avoided by the World Bank, it is ingenuous to think that the bank can alone be appointed as the main responsible for the situation. The Brazilian government had an explicit lack of interest to restrain the environmental issues caused by economical exploitation, and the waves of immigrants that arrived at the area were constituted by poor people with little to no knowledge regarding the importance of sustainable development. Also, the own nature of the project which was to encourage the settlement of people in those remote areas and the improvement of the local infra-structure in the area was by itself very likely to cause environmental

Guerilla warfare and drug gangs in the “favelas of Brazil” pushed many families to emigrate to the United States and Canada; separating families (“Latin America” 3). The people of Latin America love pursuing human contact, so those families that did stay found themselves in the cites. That is because opportunity lied in the city, and no longer on the country-side; therefore, leading to a constant flow of people from rural to urban areas. The author says, “In Latin America, urban culture was not created by industrial growth; it predated it” (“Latin America” 4).

Have you ever wondered it would be like to live in the big country Brazil? Well, Brazil is the most fabulous place to visit if you are a tourist but, has other environmental concerns that actually make it a country that cannot be lived in. If I was a person living in Brazil, I would be very careful and be aware of my surrounding because there are so many terrorist groups. Also, the climate which takes up most of Brazil in the Amazon rainforest is very dangerous especially for animals and wildlife because of all the deforestation that has occurred in this country. Brazil is a federal republic which is not stable since there is poverty. Even though there is a Constitution that is in play at the moment which I believe is being ignored and people

The overall aim of the UPP is to integrate the favelas to the larger city (World Bank 2012). Once the community was pacified, the government could enter and provide goods and services. Therefore, since its origin, the program UPP Social was subordinated to the UPPs, meaning that only pacified favelas would receive it (Bentsi-Enchill, Goodenough and Berger 2015). In partnership with UN-Habitat, UPP Social was meant to accomplish the following aims: contribute to the consolidation of the peace process and the promotion of local citizenship in pacified territories; promote urban, social and economic development; carry out the full integration of these areas into the city (Rio Mais

Brazil has become known for its corruption and political scandals. This country is now facing one of its biggest scandals, and still, the laws are protecting those that are being accused from massive corruption and money laundering.

The World Bank (1989) shows that the richest 20 percent of the population owned 67.5 percent of all the income, and while this is an older study, the income inequality is still highly pronounced. BBC News reported that despite some tightening of the gap, Brazil is still the 12th most unequal state in the world (Kay, Farrell, & Tayman, 2014). The most severe consequence of high income inequality is that money is power. To clarify, if only 20 percent of the population have 67.5 percent of the income, they have a disproportionate amount of power over the remaining 80 percent of the population. In this situation, laws may not created any longer (due to the lobbying power of money) that have the interest if the poor in

6.1 In The Planet of the Slums, Mike Davis using the definition made by the US Department of Labor, describes slums as “an area of dirty back streets, especially when inhabited by squalid and criminal population” (Davis: 22). Brasilmar Ferreira Nunes and Leticia Veloso, similarly explain the definition of “favelas”, as a “marginalized urban space” (Nunes & Veloso: 225). In other words, a slum is an underprivileged, underdevelopment, and often dirty and overpopulated “neighborhood.” I personally prefer Nunes and Veloso’s definition of favelas to the US Department’s definition of a slum. I agree that a slum is looked at as dirty and can contain a criminal like population, yet I disagree that these slums are always in the “back streets.”

In both Bolivia and Brazil locals rallied around a plethora of issues. Bolivia, specifically Cochabamba, rallied around the issue unfair water practices by the foreign company Bechtel. Cochabamba’s dependence on Bechtel sprung out of a need for water that had festered due to overpopulation, deforestation, and poverty. However, Bechtel proved to be a major problem and increased water rates by more than 50% which caused the locals to riot. Problems also exist in Brazil in the favelas and for the landless peasants. Favelas are small houses that are on land that is not owned by the occupants of the favela. People live in favelas due to extreme poverty as many favelas lack sewage, garbage collection, water and are plagued with drug dealing and crime.

Brazil is a country known for their food, cultural festivals, and soccer. Located in South America, Brazil’s climate is mostly tropical, except for the temperate south. Brazil is broken into twenty-six states and one federal district. Brazil is at the center of everything; bordered by Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela. Brazil is one of the twenty top contributors of uniformed personal in United Nations (UN) operations (UN 2010) and President Dilma Rousseff considers Brazil “a land of welcome” in terms of allowing refuges into the country (Paulo 2015). Being a peaceful nation, Brazil considered free of weapons of mass destruction and only spends 1.47% gross domestic product

Despite the respectable figures, the economy is not considered developed. Although the economic changes since 1947 increased the countries per capita income above US$2,000 in 1980, per capita income in 1995 was still only US$4,630. Structural change and growth have not distorted drastically Brazil's awfully unequal distribution of opportunity, wealth and income. Even with striking increments in economic growth and output, the number of poor has increased sharply. The rural area of Brazil’s Northeast Region, or in the country's large cities or metropolitan areas is where the greatest concentration of the poor reside. The mission of fixing the country's development pattern has only been complicated by the political and economic troubles of

Brazil, like many Latin American nations, is a country undergoing rapid change. The nation’s push to transition from newly industrialized to develop country has forever altered Brazil’s physical geography, level of development, and economic activity.

There was a time when one thought that Brazil was filled with beautiful women and outstanding scenery, but where did this thought of Brazil go down the drain? When I was ten years old, I spent a month in Brazil, I didn’t fully see this imagery of the country. Was it always in an economic turmoil or was I too young to see it’s true colors? A country that held the olympics is usually broadcasted on the TVs as beautiful and well fit for the players to travel to. However, what exactly is being hidden from the viewers? They elected their first female president in 2011 and have since declined economically. What did she do wrong? What are the stats on the country about its history economically, poverty, and can they come back from this fall?

Having problems means you have solutions, one problem that seems like both major and a minor problem is the economy in brazil “Brazil’s economic growth by around half a percentage point for each of 2011 and 2012 (to 4.1% and 3.6% respectively)...It now thinks Brazil will grow less than most other emerging economies” (“Changing direction” 37). Brazil’s economy is not doing well, a solution to that problem could have been not hosting both the world cup and the 2016 olympic games, hosting both events are making brazil's government think that they need to be the perfect hosts for the events but building a brand new stadium and not focus on the fact that most of brazilians are living at or below poverty level. Another problem i see is the illegal drugs that are bought and sold for such low amounts of money in brazil that people are becoming more and more addicted, even gangs are starting to become bigger and more numerous all over brazil “Because of the drug industry the brazilian favela gangs are more numerous” (Walker 35). A major problem in brazil is people not feeling safe when traveling there, tourists need to feel safe when they travel anywhere and with the emerging gangs and the terrorist threats against brazil, people do feel less and less safe “They do get nervous and they do ask, 'Is it safe?' There are going to be millions of people coming to Brazil" (qtd from Baran 14). One