Sad news.

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Yes very sad indeed
RIP fellow rider
Condolences to his friends and family

Wayne

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Very sad!

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Very sad indeed also my condolences to friends and family.

The occurrence had not much to do with Brasil itself, it cold have happed anywhere ;-)

Indeed, following the gps can potentially get you into trouble anywhere. The other day I was heading out of Mexico City via "shortest distance" on my gps, I passed through what was clearly a slum. Luckily, the only annoyance was negotiating shell crater size potholes while being chased by a some pitbull type dogs.

Sincere condolences to Roberto's family and friends.

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Condoglianze - I have let time pass as I searched my soul to find a way to comfort you....

All I can offer is some understanding to the family and friends of Roberto Bardella.
I am so sorry for your loss - my Mother was Italian, very Catholic and taught to me the very best of Italian history and culture. I have ridden passed the favelas of Rio, my Spanish wife - is an actress in an award winning film at the Rio Film festival. We live in Buenos Aires and have visited Brazil regularly.

Sr. Bardella, I am sure believed in the beautiful Brazil that my wife and I know.

Once again, Condoglianze - from all of us here at horizonsunlimited.com

So you see Brazil, like Italy has a beautiful culture with wonderful people and of course there is a dark side. This dark side is best described in the novel and film City of God. Perhaps with the passage of time the family and friends of Sr. Bardella might want to learn more about the favelas of Rio.

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Here is a description of the novel "City of God"

The searing novel on which the internationally acclaimed hit film was based, City of God is a gritty, gorgeous tour de force from one of Brazil's most notorious slums.
Cidade de Deus: a place where the streets are awash with narcotics, where violence can erupt at any moment over drugs, money, and love - but also a place where the samba beat rocks till dawn, where the women are the most beautiful on earth, and where one young man wants to escape his background and become a photographer. When City of God erupted on screens worldwide, it became one of the most critically and commercially successful foreign films of recent years. But few were aware of the story behind the film. Written by Paulo Lins, who grew up in the favela (shantytown) Cidade de Deus in Rio e Janeiro and who spent years researching its gang history, City of God began life as a coruscating, harrowing novelistic account of 20 years in the illicit pursuits of the youth gangs born from the favela.
Now available in English for the first time, City of God is a raw, powerful portrait of the countless millions of poor people all over the world.
©1997, 2002 Paulo Lins. Translation copyright 2006 by Alison Entrekin. Recorded by arrangement with Grove Atlantic, Inc. (P)2014 Audible Inc.

My condolences to his family and his friends.

I'm very sorry about how things went wrong for them. They got unlucky and went at the wrong place.

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On the subject of favelas, i think it is unfair for locals to associate all the favelas to the film "City of God". Yes some of them are dangerous. I agree with that. Like many towns, there are bad neighbourghoods

But some favelas are filled with good hardworking people that wake up every morning like us to go work and put bread on their table. Building the best community they can with what they have. I'm speaking here from personal experience having lived in Rio's favelas for about a month.

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I asked locals to go visit the favela from the movie "City of Gods". The answer was quick: you will get shot and they may shoot us too. You see guys with guns on roofs. Ask locals before entering any favelas or if you want to visit there are organized tour.

Patrick.