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- Mar. 23, 1992: In Rio...From Mean to Clean Streets
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- Mar. 23, 1992 Clinton vs. Tsongas
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- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- GRAPEVINE, Page 13
- IN RIO...FROM MEAN STREETS TO CLEAN STREETS
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- <p>By Sidney Urquhart/Reported by Wendy Cole
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- <p> The road to Rio de Janeiro will soon be jammed with
- thousands of delegates attending the U.N.'s June Earth Summit.
- As green-minded summiteers ponder such now-or-never topics as
- global warming, the rain-forest crunch and the world's vanishing
- flora and fauna, the most endangered species of all may be Rio's
- street children. A Brazilian child-advocacy group reports that
- 470 juveniles were murdered in the Rio area last year, many of
- them by death squads made up of off-duty police hired by local
- shopkeepers. If the authorities can help it, Rio's most
- endangered species will not be on display at all during the
- summit. While busily filling potholes and beautifying parks,
- city officials are also beefing up efforts to keep roving bands
- of street children away from the pockets of the delegates.
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