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Drug Safety In Brazil

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Safety in Brazil Growing violence, and illegal drug use in brazil are making tourists feel uncomfortable to travel to brazil. When you travel somewhere you want to feel as safe as you would feel if you were still at your own home, in brazil lack of police enforcement and economic growth in the country would make anyone feel like they have to be looking over their shoulder at all times if they were to go to brazil, a lot of people will be traveling to brazil for the upcoming olympic games, but the threats of tortuous attacks are making people wary of going in fear of what might or might not happen. The growing violence in brazil, and the selling of illegal drugs, is making brazil unsafe for tourists, advancement in economic growth and more …show more content…

Terrorists attack threats have been ignored by the brazilian government and the police forces, and instead of responding they police forces were assigned to guard the building of the new stadium instead of enforcing the law. In fact ”it is imperative for the Brazilian government to understand that its people expect the authorities to comply with their duty to protect by not neglecting the terrorist threat” (Degaut 36). Having the 2016 olympics hosted anywhere would bring about terrorists threats, the brazilian government is choosing not to respond could be a good move or a bad move, good being is if terrorists see they don't care or aren't responding might make them not attack or vice versa. Also with the rise in gang activity, in effect of the illegal drug industry, the police should be making sure the gangs in check instead of guarding a construction …show more content…

Having problems means you have solutions, one problem that seems like both major and a minor problem is the economy in brazil “Brazil’s economic growth by around half a percentage point for each of 2011 and 2012 (to 4.1% and 3.6% respectively)...It now thinks Brazil will grow less than most other emerging economies” (“Changing direction” 37). Brazil’s economy is not doing well, a solution to that problem could have been not hosting both the world cup and the 2016 olympic games, hosting both events are making brazil's government think that they need to be the perfect hosts for the events but building a brand new stadium and not focus on the fact that most of brazilians are living at or below poverty level. Another problem i see is the illegal drugs that are bought and sold for such low amounts of money in brazil that people are becoming more and more addicted, even gangs are starting to become bigger and more numerous all over brazil “Because of the drug industry the brazilian favela gangs are more numerous” (Walker 35). A major problem in brazil is people not feeling safe when traveling there, tourists need to feel safe when they travel anywhere and with the emerging gangs and the terrorist threats against brazil, people do feel less and less safe “They do get nervous and they do ask, 'Is it safe?' There are going to be millions of people coming to Brazil" (qtd from Baran 14). One

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