Brazil builds walls around Rio de Janeiro slums

itsrobert

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Fri Oct-02-09 10:25 PM
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Brazil builds walls around Rio de Janeiro slums

http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN28291897

By year-end the Rio de Janeiro state government wants to build almost 7 miles (11 km) of walls to contain 19 communities. It will spend 40 million reais ($17.6 million) and have to relocate 550 houses, Lazzoli said.

"The objective is to contain the spread of the communities and protect the forest," Lazzoli said. "There are many houses in high risk areas."

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babylonsister

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Fri Oct-02-09 10:27 PM
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1. Yes, they do. There are big problems in Brazil, just like Chicago. nt

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stray cat

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Sat Oct-03-09 08:09 AM
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9. Hands down, I would choose to live in Chicago but if you prefer Rio.....

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47of74

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Fri Oct-02-09 10:30 PM
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2. Oh really

If I were to believe that I might be talked into buying the following;

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tridim

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Fri Oct-02-09 10:33 PM
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3. Bad living conditions aside, those images are amazing. nt

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Fri Oct-02-09 11:20 PM
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7. isnt it though? i am thinking of the crammed humanity. and the rodent infestation...

the two things taht popped into head. the heat, humidity. but ya, really amazing pictures.

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Deja Q

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Fri Oct-02-09 10:56 PM
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4. The due date being 2015, I suppose...

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Trillo

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Fri Oct-02-09 11:09 PM
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5. That tree in the center of the top photo is beautiful.

Edited on Fri Oct-02-09 11:39 PM by Trillo

The tree on the left of the bottom photo looks a bit like a mushroom cloud.

Anyway, beauty is in the eyes of the beholder

Are these any better?

Source: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/Front/tofc.html

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A HERETIC I AM

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Fri Oct-02-09 11:17 PM
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6. A company I used to work for was in a building just below and at the west end of the southern runway

Edited on Fri Oct-02-09 11:18 PM by A HERETIC I AM

in your bottom pic.

Just off Milam Dairy Road and the 836 expressway. MIA.

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Maru Kitteh

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Fri Oct-02-09 11:57 PM
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8. Wow.

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