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Daily Routine of Violence in the Peripheries of Rio de Janeiro Increase with Pan American
The Pan American Games began on June 13th in Rio de Janeiro. Since last year a big media show was put together around the event, such as an election to name the mascot of the Games and daily segments on every TV show in Brazil. But quite on the contrary of what has been promoted, the Pan American Games have not brought only parties and sport to the city. The problems regarding the realization of the Pan are countless and they are more connected to the life of the residents of the slums and poor communities of the city than to the delay of the infrastructure works.
The security has been the most important issue, not only for the organizers of the event, but mainly for those who have a long history of suffering from billionaire investments: the slum's residents. Since the beginning of the year, the operations of the Military Police have increased, with the support of the National Security Force that came specially for the Games. An example - not the only one, but the one that has been most publicized by the media, is the case of the German Complex (see photographs I | II | III), where classes on local schools of the area were shut down and more than 20 people already died. On June 27, a police operation executed 19 people in the area, the police had been ordered not to take any prisoners. But on the contrary of what the corporate media has been saying, the police blockades of the area do not intimidate the traffic, but it punishes the communities. Without prisoners or apprehensions of weapons or drugs, so far the only thing achieved were local victims of 'stray bullets'.
Related Article: Police execute 19 people in German Complex and State government approves action - in English and Spanish
Photos: Denounces of the Pan American Games at the G8 in Germany | Police blockades don't intimidate traffic but punishes local communities | Routine of Violence in the German Complex | Daily routine in the German Complex
For more information check out Indymedia Brasil
The Pan American Games began on June 13th in Rio de Janeiro. Since last year a big media show was put together around the event, such as an election to name the mascot of the Games and daily segments on every TV show in Brazil. But quite on the contrary of what has been promoted, the Pan American Games have not brought only parties and sport to the city. The problems regarding the realization of the Pan are countless and they are more connected to the life of the residents of the slums and poor communities of the city than to the delay of the infrastructure works.
The security has been the most important issue, not only for the organizers of the event, but mainly for those who have a long history of suffering from billionaire investments: the slum's residents. Since the beginning of the year, the operations of the Military Police have increased, with the support of the National Security Force that came specially for the Games. An example - not the only one, but the one that has been most publicized by the media, is the case of the German Complex (see photographs I | II | III), where classes on local schools of the area were shut down and more than 20 people already died. On June 27, a police operation executed 19 people in the area, the police had been ordered not to take any prisoners. But on the contrary of what the corporate media has been saying, the police blockades of the area do not intimidate the traffic, but it punishes the communities. Without prisoners or apprehensions of weapons or drugs, so far the only thing achieved were local victims of 'stray bullets'.
Related Article: Police execute 19 people in German Complex and State government approves action - in English and Spanish
Photos: Denounces of the Pan American Games at the G8 in Germany | Police blockades don't intimidate traffic but punishes local communities | Routine of Violence in the German Complex | Daily routine in the German Complex
For more information check out Indymedia Brasil
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