Tourists, meet the drug dealers of Brazil
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Rio de Janerio's police are reportedly investigating claims that tourists visiting some of the city's notorious 'favelas' are being offered a chance to meet armed drug dealers.
According to the BBC, the police are believed to be looking into whether tourists are 'being put at risk' on guided tours of the Rio's shanty towns.
According to the BBC, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo has reported that one company offering such tours includes a chat with what it calls an "armed soldier".
One of the paper's journalists went on a tour of Rocinha - said to be the largest shanty town in Latin America, and whilst there was introduced to an armed man belonging to the faction that controls the sale of drugs in the area.
According to the BBC, the police are believed to be looking into whether tourists are 'being put at risk' on guided tours of the Rio's shanty towns.
According to the BBC, the Brazilian newspaper Folha de Sao Paulo has reported that one company offering such tours includes a chat with what it calls an "armed soldier".
One of the paper's journalists went on a tour of Rocinha - said to be the largest shanty town in Latin America, and whilst there was introduced to an armed man belonging to the faction that controls the sale of drugs in the area.
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- mattbrawn
- 10 days ago
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They usually reserve that privallage for Ross Kemp.
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That would be neat.
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I heard about this a couple of years ago only they were doing it in Brooklyn & Queens and although I think it's terribly dangerous and not many folks idea of a good vacation, a large part of me finds it awesome.
I've had a fascination with Brazil since my teens, I don't know why. But I watched the films and listened to the music and have recently begun the venture into Portuguese. Then "City of God" came out and I found it a fascinating movie and possibly the best look you could get into that sort of life. My interest then grew more.
If people are going to get insight and not for the coolness of it, I'm all for it. If people are going to help out then I'm definitely for it. It's up for the person to realize what it means to go into these situations and places. Not just do it to say that you did. -
Naughty by Nature said it best:
"If you ain't never been to the ghetto
Don't ever come to the ghetto
'Cause you wouldn't understand the ghetto
So stay the fuck out of the ghetto"
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