US House Speaker John Boehner Visits Brazil Slum
US House Speaker John Boehner Visits Brazil Slum
By JULIANA BARBASSA Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO January 9, 2012 (AP)
U.S. House Speaker John Boehner toured a Rio de Janeiro shantytown that police recently seized from drug traffickers as he kicked off a trade-boosting trip to Latin America on Monday.
He leads a seven-member congressional delegation that will visit the top three U.S. export markets in Latin America Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
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The shantytown toured by the representatives was seized from drug traffickers in November, ending decades of criminal control. In the program's three years, 19 permanent "police pacification units" have been created, serving slums housing 280,000 people. Most of the newly protected areas border Rio's wealthy oceanside suburbs or surround the Maracana, Rio's iconic stadium.
"What's happening here is a great example of how they can bring everyone into society as a whole, and where everyone has a chance to be treated equally," Boehner said.
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rfranklin
(13,200 posts)You know this is a complete bullshit trip designed to deliver him to a posh resort where he can play golf and sip cocktails at no expense to himself.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Cute little shavers!
rfranklin
(13,200 posts)Don't string me along baby!
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)rfranklin
(13,200 posts)The Karate Kid does his thing at the salon.
Hotler
(11,421 posts)of Camden NJ and make that speech to the poorest city in America you shit stain.
Wind Dancer
(3,618 posts)... so to speak.