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synonyms for favela
- barrio
- slum
- public squalor
- shanty town
- tenement
- project housing
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That movement led to the country’s Supreme Court banning police raids on the country’s favelas during the pandemic unless necessary — though President Jair Bolsonaro’s government has disregarded the ruling.
One of the dead was a police officer, the rest lived in the favela.
A Deadly Police Raid in Rio Show How Bolsonaro's Policies Are Wreaking Havoc in Brazil | David Miranda | May 8, 2021 | TimeIn the 20th century, the Brazilian government attempted to eradicate favelas and replace them with more formal public housing, but the bulldozers could not keep up with the massive urban migration that made these settlements swell.
Rio de Janeiro is making a digital map of one of Brazil’s largest favelas | Fábio Duarte, Carlo Ratti, Washington Fajardo | April 28, 2021 | MIT Technology Review
Que lindo this song is for those who love to have good vibes inside their favelas.
Athayde’s attempts at building favela youth into a political force haven’t really taken off.
I interviewed Lilian, a single mother living in a Rio de Janeiro favela.
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton | Heather Arnet | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis time, there were no fatalities, although it was close call for a resident named Alan in the Morro da Formiga favela.
He grew up in one of the poorest areas of Belo Horizonte, the crime-ridden favela of Santa Matilde, located next to two prisons.
The high school kids who broke it were Brazilian Linux hackers who lived in a favela -- a kind of squatter's slum.
Little Brother | Cory Doctorow
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