Yet its favelas have remained stark symbols of lawlessness, gross income disparities between rich and poor, and Brazil’s still-deep racial divide. In the 2010 census, 51 percent of Brazilians ...
A landmark case challenging police violence in low-income communities — known as the “ADPF of the Favelas” — resumes Thursday ...
The Brazilian Federal Police announced ... and the drug cartels operating mostly in the favelas, where millions of Brazilians live, next to the rich and famous.
However, most of the migrants are poor people from the surrounding Brazilian countryside ... and many of the rich people feel threatened by those who live in the favelas. Services Most favelas ...