Brazil leader Silva - first president 2 visit the Favelas


	Brazil leader Silva - first president 2 visit the Favelas

syncopath

12-10-2007 4:28 PM

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brazil, rehab slums, favelas

syncopath says:

i hope it won't be just a decorative "elevator", but a new step towards elevating the lives inhabit this beautiful yet cursed & restless area of Corcovado under the angelic wings Jesus - Cristo Redentor.

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                        RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - President <SPAN id="lw_1196444215_0" class="yshortcuts">Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva</SPAN> visited a teeming hillside shantytown Friday to launch a multimillion-dollar program to build an outdoor elevator, sewage systems, improve roads and upgrade housing for slum residents.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_shantytowns"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/DD3C509E-954F-4CB2-9E74-E4895735D515" alt="A resident walks on her home's roof as Brazil's President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, unseen, visits the Cantagalo slum in Rio de Janeiro, Friday, Nov. 30, 2007.  Silva visited one of this city's most prominent shantytowns to inaugurate a multibillion dollar works program for the city's poor communities.  (AP Photo/Ricardo Moraes)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_shantytowns">Silva is the first Brazilian president to visit the Cantagalo <SPAN id="lw_1196444215_1" class="yshortcuts">shantytown</SPAN> or "favela," perched above the upscale beach districts of Copacabana and Ipanema.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_shantytowns">"We can't say that we will build mansions. We don't have money for that," Silva told a cheering crowd, packed with children waving Brazilian flags. "But we want to transform where you live into a decent and dignified place that you can be proud to live in."</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071130/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/brazil_shantytowns">Rio's shantytowns sprung up at the end of the 19th century as freed slaves made their homes on unclaimed land, mostly along the city's steep hillsides. 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