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or less commonly favella
: a settlement of jerry-built shacks lying on the outskirts of a Brazilian city
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Rio is home to at least 800 favelas, historically low-income neighborhoods, which house more than 20% of the city’s population.
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Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
Back then the Brazilian government was trying to entice families to leave overcrowded urban favelas and make their homes in the forest.
—Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
In 2016, more than 70,000 were displaced from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to make way for the event.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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Constance Malleret, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
Back then the Brazilian government was trying to entice families to leave overcrowded urban favelas and make their homes in the forest.
—Rebecca Shaw, TIME, 9 Oct. 2024
Braga will play Valeria Melo, a professional driver with family connections to a gang that runs a favela in Brazil.
—Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2024
In 2016, more than 70,000 were displaced from Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to make way for the event.
—Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2024
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“Favela.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/favela. Accessed 28 Dec. 2024.
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