(Bloomberg) -- Pope Benedict XVI will barely get a glimpse of Potim when he rides along a 7-kilometer stretch of the town during a trip to Brazil next week.
That hasn't stopped the community of 17,000 people from spending 209,000 reais ($103,000) to pave dirt roads and build sidewalks to welcome Benedict on his first visit to South America as pope. He will open a conference for Latin American and Caribbean bishops in the Brazilian city of Aparecida during the journey May 9-13.
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