‘city of god’
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AP: ….In this nation of 190 million where half the population is black, Obama’s election is an inspiration for many, said Ana Luiza Paradiso, a 40-year-old housewife.
“He opened a path for us,” Paradiso said. “The fact that he is black lets other people dream. We have a real connection, real empathy for Obama.”
…City of God gained worldwide notoriety after the 2002 film, which told of the slum’s transformation over five decades from a government-planned housing project for the poor to a violent haven for cocaine gangs. The same story has been repeated in hundreds of Rio slums.
In 2009, however, City of God became part of an ambitious police “pacification” program, in which security forces clear heavily armed gangs from slums and establish a police presence….
Noemia Marinho, a 40-year-old saleswoman who lives in the slum and got her hair done just for the presidential visit, said she hopes Obama’s presence inspires Brazil to pay more attention to her neighborhood.
“He is thinking of Rio as more than just the Christ and Copacabana,” Marinho said, referring to the city’s iconic hilltop statue and world-famous beach. “Maybe our government will look to us more as well.”
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Glad they took the girls, Malia is definitely old enough to see and communicate her feelings on the situation.
First..!!
hehe..NOT 1st..!!
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p.212 “People listen to Obama . . . They look out for him, not just as a politician but almost as a member of their own family, a talented son sent out into the wider world to bring honor to his community. His glory reflects back on them.”
Source: Obama’s Brain by Sasha Abramsky
No wonder that in Ghana, now Brazil, later in Ireland and the rest of the world, the signs say “Welcome home, President and mrs Obama. The whole world claims the Obamas as their own. As Michelle has said I have never been more proud of my country as now with the O family in the White House.