Examples of using "Favela" in a sentence and their english translations:
and communicate life in the favela.
It’s the first favela that received pacification forces back in 2008.
Here I am in Vidigal, a favela not far from Rocinha.
Here they are building a model of their favela out of recycled wood.
On the other side of the city is a Favela called Maré.
In Providencia, a favela near the port zone, I met up with this guy.
It’s Brazil's largest favela and has been dubbed a city within a city.
but this favela is small, and the city dedicated its best police forces to the job.
A favela is a community that was built without any oversight from a public authority--no
Mauricio photographs life in the favela, providing transparency to the good and the bad of these places
But while gang violence is certainly a problem, it represents one small slice of the favela experience.