The Rocinha Favela
May 20th 2007 After a few days of contemplating whether I wanted and needed to go on a tour to see a favela in Rio, I decided to go. The Favelas are basically slums where people are living in housing that has been built randomly and without any permits, and there are quite a few in Rio. The favela that I visited was called Rocinha and is the largest favela in South America housing approximately 250,000 people.
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