This is the reality of suburbs and slums of the city which will host Olympics in 2016. As you can see from these pictures, the dark side of this beautiful city is shown. The police have long ago lost any control in these areas. Now it is drug dealers and criminal groups who are reigning there. Apart from adult drug addicts, you can also see children wandering the streets looking for crack or other drugs. Very sad reality…
Rio de Janeiro is a beautiful city which must be very interesting to visit but nothing is perfect and behind the beautiful beaches, there are a lot of things that happen in the slums…
The battle which began on Saturday between hundreds of drug traffickers from different rival gangs put the chaos in Rio and turned the city into a warzone. They shot down a police helicopter. 17 people died that weekend. Talk about a good advertisement two weeks only after Rio was awarded the 2016 Olympics… It raised questions over the city's ability to safely host the Games in 2016.
In the Indian slums you will see many more smiling people than in the prosperous business districts of other cities around the world. This is despite the fact that most people live below the poverty line. Something to think about.