Monthly Archives: February 2011

Barra Metro Line 4: can the dream come true?

Nice-looking bridge; now just build it and get the lagoon it runs over cleaned up! Using aerial photography and computer animation, this State Transportation Secretariat video provides an impressive display of the #4 metro line now under construction in  Barra … Continue reading

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Redução de crime no estado do Rio, para níveis inéditos

[Click here for Crime is down in Rio state, to new lows] O ano de 1991 no estado do Rio de Janeiro foi o de 1963 em Nova York O secretário estadual de segurança pública José Mariano Beltrame declarou dia … Continue reading

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Crime is down in Rio state, to record lows

Rio state’s 1991 is New York City’s 1963 State Public Safety Secretary José Mariano Beltrame announced yesterday that Rio de Janeiro state’s 2010 homicides, robberies, car thefts and other crimes have hit startling lows— and in some cases set records for … Continue reading

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