Video of the day -- Rio!
A look at the most famous city of one of the world's rising nations. Do use fullscreen!
posted by Infidel753 at 2:55 AM
05 October 2013
A look at the most famous city of one of the world's rising nations. Do use fullscreen!
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3 Comments:
I've always wanted to visit Rio, but my goodness, the way those houses are stacked on top of each other (around 2:30). They look like match boxes glued to the side of a hill. Pretty precarious.
Leslie: Those are what are called the favelas, the slums inhabited by the poor. For all its progress, Brazil still suffers terrible levels of poverty and inequality, though I think the advent of democracy has begun to improve things.
I figured they were the slums but my God!!! I'd hate to think what would happen in case of an earthquake or even a small fire.
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