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  2. Favela - Wikipedia

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    The "Favela-Bairro" program, launched in 1993, sought to improve living standards for the favelados (Pamuk and Cavallieri 1998). The program provided basic sanitation services and social services, connected favelas to the formal urban community through a series of street connections and public spaces and legalized land tenure (Pamuk and ...

  3. Favela Painting - Wikipedia

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    From 2011 to 2012, Favela Painting carried out a large-scale painting project on Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia. The Philadelphia Mural Arts Program commissioned this project with the goal of revitalizing the neighborhood during a period of steady economic decline. [24] Over 50 buildings were painted with a pattern of weaving bands of color.

  4. Tijuca National Park - Wikipedia

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    One favela exists in the Tijuca Forest, called Mata Machado. Its inhabitants are mainly the descendants of those who migrated to the region in the 1930s to take part in the replanting effort. Though conditions have improved recently under the Favela-Bairro Project, it still contributes to environmental degradation in the forest. [10] Ecology

  5. Pacifying Police Unit - Wikipedia

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    Composition of a unit of the Polícia Pacificadora (UPP), here on the occasion of the ceremony for the change of command of the units.. The Pacifying Police Unit (Portuguese: Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora, also translated as Police Pacification Unit), abbreviated UPP, is a law enforcement and social services program pioneered in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which aims to reclaim ...

  6. Rocinha - Wikipedia

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    ' little farm ') is a favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado and Gávea. Rocinha is built on a steep hillside overlooking Rio de Janeiro, and is located about one kilometre from a nearby beach. Most of the favela is on a very steep hill, with many trees surrounding it.

  7. Maré, Rio de Janeiro - Wikipedia

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    Maré is a neighborhood and favela (low-income informal neighborhood) in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a grouping of several favelas, suburbs with houses, and housing complexes. It is a grouping of several favelas, suburbs with houses, and housing complexes.

  8. Talk:Rocinha - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, it should be noted Rocinha has never participated in the project Favela-Bairro. Fav-Bairro is the largest municipal project undertaken by the RJ city gov where apprx US$450 million has been appropriated for the benefit of urbanizing and integrating over 300 favelas in RJ alone.

  9. Complexo do Alemão - Wikipedia

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    In late-July 2022, several hundred military police participated in a raid against gangs in the favela, resulting in at least 19 deaths and a number of injuries. [9] The operation sparked controversy over police brutality, with some residents of the favela reporting that police arrested people attempting to provide medical aid to the injured. [10]