Favela

Favela Fever!!!

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September 8th 2005
So we went on the Favela tour. Wicked!!!!! We learnt so much and we are now going to try and tell you it all. We went to the biggest in Rio, Rochina, over 60, 000 people. A favela is thousands of self built houses crammed together with tiny alleys between them on the hills where poor people live. These work in Rio as maids and stuff. They build them on the hills because if nowone claims the la ... read more

South America » Brazil » Rio de Janeiro

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Following three centuries under the rule of Portugal, Brazil became an independent nation in 1822. By far the largest and most populous country in South America, Brazil overcame more than half a century of military intervention in the governance of t... ... read more