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Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil.
Favela, in Brazil, a slum or shantytown located within or on the outskirts of the country’s large cities, especially Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. A favela typically comes into being when squatters occupy vacant land at the edge of the city and construct shanties of salvaged or stolen materials.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead of the previous term “subnormal agglomerates” that was widely viewed as stigmatizing.
Case in point: favelas are more dangerous than the rest of the city, but they're also creative and cultural hubs of the country, producing the best sambistas, rappers and funkeiros, along with top artists, athletes and entrepreneurs.
Many favelas were located on precious inner city land in Rio’s most affluent neighborhoods, making them ripe territory for lucrative commercial and residential construction ventures. As arch-conservative military generals usurped power from the progressive statesman João Goulart on a national level, state and city politics, led by the ...
We take a look into the history of Rio de Janeiro's infamous favelas and get to grips with why they are there and which ones are safest for tourists.
Brazilian favelas are home to migrants and the descendants of slaves. And, they are often located on steep, nearly inaccessible mountain slopes. There are many assumptions that are made about ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban...
A deep dive into the favelas of Brazilians; where they started, how they have developed, and the struggles and dangers favelas face.
O levantamento demográfico identificou no país 16.390.815 habitantes em 12.348 favelas, distribuídas por 656 municípios. Os pesquisadores do IBGE consideram favelas e comunidades urbanas localidades com características como insegurança jurídica da posse, ausência ou oferta precária ou incompleta de serviços públicos, padrões urbanísticos fora da ordem vigente e ocupação de ...