By alex1983ch on Skatehive
Usually the rich look down on the poor, but in Rio it's the opposite. On the hills of Rio de Janeiro, overlooking the world-famous beaches and the adjacent areas of Iponeum and Copacabana, tens of thousands of local residents built their own homes from what came to hand - these are favelas, the Brazilian slums. http://latino-america.ru/images/southamerica/brazil/favely.jpg This chaotic samostroy for decades kept apart, and was too dangerous for outsiders - including the Brazilians. But despite its notoriety, the Favela of Rio is as much a part of urban culture as the statue of Christ the Redeemer, football or carnival. It goes without saying that epidemics of dysentery, syphilis and tuberculosis are bursting out here. Whereas, according to statistical data, the average population of Rio de Janeiro does not live more than 23 years, the average length of life in the slums is afraid even to be disclosed. The mortality of children is high enough. http://trinixy.ru/pics5/20160818/problemiri