Urban Politics Of The Brazil

The people of a country have a right to inquire about the actions of their countries leaders. Issues found in a political leaders exploits creates political unrest and directly affect the economy of these countries. South Africa and Brazil exemplify the repercussions in an economy when an examination of a leaders’ ethics occurred. Most notable comparisons between the two countries involve what the leaders accomplished in their position of power to excite such a negative reaction, the unfavorable impacts in these countries’ economies, and the people’s reactions to the allegations made against their president.

This explains why they overwhelmingly support Lula and Dilma Rousseff in the current political and economic crisis, unlike the rest of the population (Caulyt and Malkes 2016; Favela 247 2016). However, due to the rising living costs in the pacified favelas (Oosterban and Van Hijk 2015), the Bolsa Família does not provide a support that would be sufficient to overcome clientelism. Moreover, the Bolsa Família is often blamed for not giving voice to civil society (Hevia 2011), therefore participatory policies are generally preferred.

Violence comes in all forms and shapes within the context of Brazil. Brazil has had a long history of violence due to its colonial history and the contemporary socio-economic conditions that have arisen out of its history. The favelas of Brazil are an example of the extreme violence of all forms that exist in Brazilian society. Through her book The Spectacular Favela: Violence in Modern Brazil, Erika Robb Larkins makes a case on how the violence present in the favela of Rocinha have grown to become spectacles and commodified. These two factors contribute to the continuation of violence within the favelas community in various but connected ways.

“Central Station” offers key geographical and socioeconomic features of regionalism in Brazil. Like the United States and other large countries, Brazil struggles to maintain a national unity the government attempts to instil within its populations. In the Regions and Themes II reading, it is clear how clear these regional divisions are both geographically and socioeconomically. As Dora and Josué travel to Bom Jesus do Norte, it’s apparent how “the Northeast has suffered from economic underdevelopment, widespread poverty, and low social indicators” (Eakin 70). This movie offers insight about the realities and disparities the majority of low income Brazilians experience.

The 2002 movie “City of God” is directed by Fernando Meirelles and Katia Lund and takes place in one of many favelas that make up the landscape of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Favelas are ghettos that were originally constructed by the city’s government in order to keep the lower class away from the city center. Over the years, the favelas have become a boiling melting pot of rich and deeply rooted Brazilian culture, but also filled with hopeless despair, danger, and lawlessness, as a result from violent gangs and constant drug war with the police. Even though nowadays Brazil is part of BRIC (acronym that refers to the collective economies of Brazil, Russia, India, and China), the movie shows just how far the country is, socially, from becoming

This report looks into the sports played, activities you can do and the festival and events as well as food found in Brazil. Brazil, or Federal Republic of Brazil which is its official name, is the fifth largest country in the world and in located on the eastern side of South America and has a coastline with the Atlantic Ocean. The official language of Brazil in Portuguese and its currency is called “real”. Brazil has many different landforms, which are home to the largest variety of animals in the world.

As a result, São Miguel neighbors created organizations to transform the barrio and to improve the quality of life for the working-class population. In the 1960s, São Miguel was changing politically and tensions between the working class and government were emerging. All these elements shaped and influenced working-class identity. However, rural-urban migration had the most dramatic effect on the transformation of São Paulo. Various migrants from Brazil traveled to this city and along their journey, they encountered and faced several challenges. Nevertheless, migration created and formed a working class community in São Paulo. This paper will specifically analyze how rural-urban migration affected the formation of a working-class community in São

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?

Brazil has some of the most violent cities in the world. The murder rate in Brazil has been going through the roof each year. Some cities have a murder rate of 50 per 50,000 people. Most murder victims are usually male, poor and teenagers. Most of these crimes take place in the infamous favelas of Brazil. Murder is not the only crime leaking in the shallow streets of the favelas. High-profile rape cases, kidnapping, drugs, and weapons dealing in the favelas are the common headlines in Brazil (Griffin, Jo). These crimes are born in the favelas and spread through the streets of Brazil. The economic growth of Brazil over the years has benefited the rich puppeteers of the society, but it has made life more miserable for the poor (McCann, Bryan). Not just in Rio, but favelas have spread throughout many cities in Brazil and now they are the number one birthplace of different types of crimes in the country. In this paper, we will analyze an article published on the online version of ‘The Guardians” regarding the lives of people living in Brazilian slums (favelas).

Rio is the capital of Brazil situated in South America. Rio de Janeiro is the second most populated metropolitan area in Brazil and has the sixth highest population when compared to other metropolitan areas in the Americas. The city is situated on the far western section of Brazil's Atlantic coast. It was established on the Guanabara Bay, with the centre of Rio being located on the plains of the western shore line. The city of Rio is one of the world's most popular tourist

Brazilian culture is no strange to this alienation of poverty. However, City of God is almost humble in the way it pairs color and lighting to the situation of the slum. There are times where it seems too bright and colorful for anything to go wrong while other times it is so dark that not even the wounds of others can be seen. The motion picture begins in a desolate fashion.

Do you want a better city without problems, crimes, poverty, and a lot of other problems in São Paulo? Of course yes! I'm Gustavo Giacomini and I am the person who will solve all this problems because I love this wonderful city. I am here to talk some problems that Sao Paulo has in some areas and how to beat them. This areas are: Health, Economy and Education.

The forty five minute drive from Rio International Airport to my aunt and uncle’s apartment in Rio De Janeiro was a wake up call that reality isn’t as beautiful as it seems. Passing numerous favelas, slums within urban areas, I was introduced to a level of poverty that I had never seen before. Thousands of little “homes” that could barely pass as huts were piled on top of each other on hills on either side of the highway. It was unlike anything I had ever seen before; but the juxtaposition between the rich and the poor is easily noticed in Brazil. Within the city of Rio de Janeiro there are tourists, local people who have money, and local people who do not. Unfortunately, in third world countries such as Brazil, the government depends heavily on tourism and ignores the needs of local people. While the belief that something as large as the 2016 Summer Olympics, which are being hosted in Rio this year, will bring positive economic flow to the city, this simply is not the case. A human right that is being violated heavily in Brazil is housing rights, a universal right that everyone deemed “human” has a right to (Rio 2016: The Exclusion Games). While housing rights in Brazil have been violated heavily over the past several decades, the large sporting

When i began writing fiction, i thought that, if i could move some histories from the northeast of Brazil - where i was born - to Brasilia, the atmosphere of that unlikely city would add some oddness to them, helping me to remove stereotypes and to defamiliarize reality. In 1985, Brazil had returned to a civilian government since there were not political prisoners, and democracy seemed a viable option for the country. Literacy needed to change given the new political climate.

Stretching over 2,500 miles form east to west and 2,700 miles from north to south, Brazil is the world’s largest tropical country. The only nations that are larger are the lands of Russia, Canada, China and the United States. Brazil has more then 150 million people spread unevenly over its huge land area, making it the fifth most populated country in the world. (Encyclopedia.com) More then two thirds of Brazil’s people live in the cities and towns and more then 29 percent of them are in the ten cities with more then a million people. These include the metropolitan area of Sao Paulo with more then 15 million people and Rio de Janeiro with more then 9 million people. The rural population is mostly concentrated on the East Coast or