United Nations’ Sustainable Development Conference, 176
United States
Brazilian tourists in, 79–80
economic downturn in, xv, 74, 75, 79, 80, 236
immigration to, 92–94
oil production in, 235
Olympic bid of, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, xviii
tax burden in, 91
University of California, Berkeley, 28
UPPs. See Unidades de Polícia Pacificadora
Urban Age Award, 224n1
Urban renewal, 172, 173, 201
Uruguaiana 24 (brothel), 172
Uruguay, 253, 254–55
Valcke, Jérôme, 267, 272
Vanessa’s Bar, 177–78
Ventura, Zuenir, 21n3
Vicente de Carvalho, 44
Vidigal, 4, 23
Vietnam: Inside Story of the Guerilla War (Burchett), 18n2
Vigilantism, 264–65
Vila Autódromo, 218, 219–29
alternative to removal presented, 224
history of, 220
mayor’s meeting with residents, 224–27
official justifications for removal plan, 221, 223, 224
proposed compensation for residents, 224
proposed resettlement of residents, 222–23, 224
real estate values in, 220, 221
tenuous victory of residents, 226–29
Vila Cândido, 139–40
Vila Cruzeiro, 29, 44
aftermath of police raid, 57–59
police raid on, 45–56
population of, 58
as a redoubt of Red Command, 45
Vila Mimosa, 174–76, 179
Vila Pan-Americana (Vila do Pan), 152–53, 222
Vila União de Curicica, 216
Violence, 115. See also Crime against the LGBT population, 168, 169, 184, 185–86
police, 260–62
against women, 169, 181–82
Vitoriano, Carlos Henrique Matias, 35
Vultures, 118, 119, 123
Wall Street Journal, xxii
Washington, Lorna, 193
Waste Land (documentary), 120
Waste management, 117–23
Water pollution, 128–29, 130–44, 259
construction and, 158–60
health problems caused by, 134, 135, 160
historical regulation of, 131–32
illegal water connections and, 134–35, 139, 143
outlook for reducing, 142–44
sewage treatment plants and, 130, 134, 143–44
untreated waste and, 133
West side, 147–50, 158–59, 219
Whales, 4, 142
Widow’s Hill, 127
Wild West bonus, 27–28, 39
Willian (soccer player), 275
Winfrey, Oprah, xv
Woman Ironing (Picasso), 120
Women, 169, 180–82
Workers’ Party, xvii, 77, 185–86, 242
World Cup, xxii, 10, 15, 59, 81, 228, 232, 250–59, 266–82
attempts to avert problems, 267–68
Brazil’s defeat (1950), 254–55
Brazil’s defeat (2014), 278–81
Brazil selected as host for, 37
Brazil’s trophies from, 251
burdens placed by, 252
as the Copa das Copas, 277
expenditures on, 280
favela removal program and, 199–201, 210, 215, 217–18
the games, 269–81
imagina na Copa! (punch line), 233, 257
international acclaim from, 251
national advertising campaign for, 268–69
of 1950, 252–55
prostitution crackdown prior to, 170, 177, 179
protests during feared, 233, 243, 267–68
Red Command threat to, 44
rocky path to, 256–59, 266–69
World Health Organization, 125
World Heritage Site (Rio as), 116
World Military Games, 144
Yellow fever, 134
Zapatero, José Luis, xviii
Zé Bigode. See Saldanha, José Jorge
Zé do Carmo. See Santos, José do Carmo dos
Zero Hunger, 78
Zezé. See Maria José
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Dancing with the devil in the city of God : Rio de Janeiro on the brink / Juliana Barbassa.
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1. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Social life and customs. 2. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Social conditions. 3. City and town life—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro. 4. Social change—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro. 5. Social problems—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro. 6. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Description and travel. 7. Barbassa, Juliana—Travel—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro. 8. Economic development—Brazil—Rio de Janeiro. 9. Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)—Economic conditions. I. Title.
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