The average wage of somebody in Brazil is only US$5910 per year, even though Brazil has one of the world’s largest economies.
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Gun crime is common in Brazil’s main cities. Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo are affected in particular.
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Robinho was brought up in Sao Vicente, a poor suburb of Sao Paolo. Sao Paolo is Brazil’s biggest city.
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Millions of inhabitants of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo live in favelas, which are shanty towns.
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Robinho’s yearly wage is currently over £8 million at Manchester City, although he has always been paid well as a footballer.
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Life expectancy is 69 for a male and 76 for a female in Brazil. This is higher than most other LEDCs.
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Favelas are areas of poor quality housing made out of scrap materials, often lacking basic services.
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Some parts of Sao Paolo are said to be no go areas for police forces that fear the armed gangs.
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Robinho’s mother Marina de Souza Silva was taken from her home by an armed gang and held captive for 40 days.
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Robinho signed his first professional contract with Santos at the age of just 17.
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Kidnappings for ransom are becoming far more frequent in Central and South America.
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196 million people live in Brazil. Although Brazil is the 5th largest country in the world many of these people are crammed into coastal areas.
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Most footballers receive a 10% share of the transfer fee that is paid for them.
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Brazilian footballers Luis Fabiano of Porto, and Grafite of Sao Paolo had their mothers kidnapped in Sao Paolo in 2005.
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Very few people have managed to leave the Favelas for better things in Brazil, although footballers have proved to be the exception.
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The migration of people from the countryside to the city has left many people homeless and forced to live in Favelas.
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Most people who live in the Favelas lack the skills required to access the higher paying jobs in the city.
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Large families can often share just one or two rooms in a Favela dwelling.
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Brazil is hosting the 2014 football world cup and is bidding for the 2016 Olympic Games.
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Most of Brazil’s best footballers play in European countries such as Spain, France, Germany, Italy and the UK.
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