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Fiocruz and public and private entities promoted social and cultural action in violent region of Rio de Janeiro

07/05/2012

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Flavia Villela
Reporter Agency Brazil



Rio de Janeiro - The Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), municipal and state public and private entities and residents in the neighborhood of Manguinhos, north of Rio de Janeiro, held throughout the day (5) a series of cultural and social activities Rua Leopoldo Bulhões, in a region known for acts of violence and exchanges of gunfire between police and traffickers.

According to the president of the Residents Association Parque Carlos Chagas, Paulo Raimundo, one of the coordinators of the event, the population wants to end the negative impression about the Leopold Bouillon, who was dubbed the Gaza Strip, referring to the region in Palestine lives constant armed conflict.

"There are positive aspects of this region and the street that do not appear in the media and that most people do not know. Because of this negative connotation, many lives and rights of those who come here are not respected. We are called squatters say they begged. So we need to scream to demand those rights. This event is a cry for rights, "he said.

Booths were set up to sell crafts and food and to offer services such as nutritional assessment, distribution of courses and workshops, information on tuberculosis, leprosy and dengue fever, the Family Grant Program registration and distribution of books, among others. Are also provided musical performances, games for children and presentation of sports.

The coordinator of the Presidency of the Social Cooperation Firocruz, Leonídio Sousa Santos, who helped organize the party, explained that a similar initiative took place in 2004 and 2005 and the Fiocruz and the participating entities intend to hold meetings like these more often.

"There are several civil rights violations, coercion, political freedom, that make a territory Manguinhos exception. Hopefully, from this recovery, the movement to gain more strength, can keep a calendar with the three spheres of government and that this event is massifique to ensure peace in the region. "

The event was scheduled to start at 9am, however, was delayed over an hour due to the invasion of the Special Operations Battalion (BOPE) to the Community of Araras, at the beginning of the street during the night, with exchanges of fire until 8am. This made it impossible to mount the stage and closing the street at the time authorized by the city.

Fiocruz has developed a series of social projects in the health region, which is surrounded by dozens of slums, where about 80,000 people, mostly without basic sanitation and public services such as garbage collection and street lighting.
Although some areas are in the process of installing units Pacification Police (UPP), the majority is still under the control of trafficking.

Edition: Juliana Andrade


Source: Agency Brazil

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