Examples of using "Favela" in a sentence and their english translations:
This is Rocinha.
and communicate life in the favela.
The land became a village.
On the other side of the city is a Favela called Maré.
What's the most dangerous slum in Rio de Janeiro?
Here I am in Vidigal, a favela not far from Rocinha.
Here they are building a model of their favela out of recycled wood.
It’s the first favela that received pacification forces back in 2008.
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.
Mauricio photographs life in the favela, providing transparency to the good and the bad of these places
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
But while gang violence is certainly a problem, it represents one small slice of the favela experience.