Favelas are beset by a multitude of problems: poverty, massive unemployment, hunger, malnutrition, inadequate sewage facilities, high infant mortality, low life expectancy and rampant crime. These are the negative effects of over-urbanization. These slums are at breaking point as more and more people flood in from rural areas. Generally the news is bad. It is nice to see that the Rio state government has introduced this pilot project to provide free wi-fi access for 10,000 residents of Santa Marta. The scheme will be extended in due course.
Showing posts with label slum. Show all posts
Showing posts with label slum. Show all posts
Saturday, March 28, 2009
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Texas Republican Party advice to Obama whose half-brother lives in a slum:People in glasshouses should not throw stones
Barack Obama has viciously attacked John McCain in relation to the number of houses which he owned. Obama claims to be looking out for the people who have had the misfortune of losing their homes in an economic downturn? Pertinently this ad poses the question: if Obama cares so much for people who are having bad luck, how come he didn't take of his own family first? His own half-brother in Kenya - George -lives in a slum.
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