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.
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