http://www.makulele.com/ Inspirado no videoclipe "Happy" e nos outros vídeos do YouTube "We are from", essa é a versão "We are Rio" gravado com os atores do Jeitinho Carioca e amigos. Inspired by the music video "Happy" and the other YouTube videos "We are from", this is the version "We are Rio" filmed with the actors of "Jeitinho Carioca" and friends. For English Speakers (contribution: André Diniz): 0:00 - Cariocas (as well as most Brazilian people) can't stand to hold an empty beer can or a cigarette end for long and prefer to dump them on the floor instead of looking for a waste container. 0:10 - Palácio Guanabara (Guanabara Palace) is the official residence of the governor of Rio de Janeiro, Sérgio Cabral. There's plenty of information about his "deeds" on Google... 0:13 - Traffic jams became part of Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and other metropolis' cultural heritage. And they are no longer restricted to rush hour commutes or specific neighborhoods... Public transportation is ridiculously bad and people are influenced by automakers to spend half their wages for 5 years in order to buy their "freedom" from traffic. 0:19 - Subway work: In Rio, Metrô Rio subway trains cover less than 1/10 of the urban area, works are always overpriced and the governor's wife has a partnership on the law company that represents Metrô Rio. How convenient, huh? 0:29 - Public security barely works in tourist neighborhoods (Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon). Whenever you feel like taking pictures outdoors, do it a your own risk! 0:37 - Airports are a whole separate chapter. International Airport (GIG) also known as "Galeão" or "Tom Jobim" is far from downtown and tourist neighboorhoods. Taking a legal taxi to your hotel is a true Russian roulette. On the way to the hotel you get a glimpse of the real Rio, while passing by slums and polluted stinky rivers. Santos Dumont airport (SDU) has such a short track that landings and flights are canceled whenever there's a severe rain or fog. 0:41 - Almost 20% of the population survives with less than US$300 a month. Violence, thefts, traffic and crack addiction epidemy are routine for many citizens all over the country. 0:45 - "Mário Filho" is the alternative name to Maracanã Soccer Stadium. It's recent renovation costed more than 70% of estimated price: US$ 700 million!!! (overpriced works involving politicians and companies are cultural in Brazil). At the same time government says there's no money to buy cancer drugs and repair crumbling hospitals and public schools. 1:00 - Narrow corridors for pedestrians due to construction of new subway station at Leblon. Cars still have the preference here... 1:14 - Anonymous punishers decided to make justice with their own hands. A black teenager has been beaten, stripped off his clothes and locked to a light post with a U lock (Breaking Bad?). Police found out that two of the publicly praised (by some) punishers have already committed crimes themselves... 1:16 - Worldwide influence of American culture is undeniable, but some rich Brazilian people dream with the very annexation of their neighborhoods to the US (as you can see by that ridiculous copy of the Statue of Liberty in front of a huge mall at Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro) 1:25 - Subway in Rio is always crowded and they only work from 5am to 12am. Air conditioning issues and delays are daily routine for Cariocas. 1:27 - City of Music: another white elephant. It was supposed to be a cultural center, but it hardly works and government has already spent more than US$ 250 million on it. 1:30 - Viaduto da Perimetral - While the city of Rio suffers from lack of investments in public health, education, security, housing, etc., mayor Eduardo Paes decides to spend millions on making the city "look good" for tourists coming for World Cup and Olympics and demolishes an important viaduct that used to connect two of the main roads of the city, increasing traffic jam lengths and time. 2:52 - Waste collectors when on strike for better salary and city got covered with garbage during Carnaval period. After lots of manifestation, mayor Eduardo Paes agreed to increase their wage (from US$400 to US$500 a month) 3:57 - Lack of inspection has caused many manhole to explode due to the contact between underground electricity cables and leaking of methane gas. Now you know why visiting Brazil is "an adventure"...

• published: 19 Mar 2014
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