Rio slum

Usage examples of favela.

In some cities, half the population lived in the sprawling favela colonies.

For there were more favela slums here, massive ones whose population rivaled that of the city proper.

Latin gentleman of wealth and position who had taken for his own the plight of the favela poor and the landless peasants.

The Third World does not really disappear in the process of unification of the world market but enters into the First, establishes itself at the heart as ghetto, shantytown, favela, always again produced and reproduced.

Thus they were unemployed, and had to be evicted, and new favelas replaced the old ones, sprouting up like mushrooms.

The main difference was that the favelas were no longer along tourist routes.

It was translated into English, too, and had more effect on the favelas than an atomic bomb-burst.

She lived in one of the favelas near the city, supporting her aging parents and feebleminded brother.

Oba had explained something about the favelas, by gesture and pantomime, as we had had plenty of time to exchange communications.

Many students were living in corrugated-metal favelas, and others had to endure the mass living in the crumbling dormitories on the other side of the campus.

Raul had taken her from the residences of the fortunate to the favelas, the shanty towns built of abandoned bits of wood and metal and cardboard, scattered through and around Rio.

Perhaps a policeman had been killed up in one of the favelas, and they were exacting revenge.

Many students were living in corrugated-metal favelas, and others had to endure the mass living in the crumbling dormitories on the other side of the campus.

Raul had taken her from the residences of the fortunate to the favelas, the shanty towns built of abandoned bits of wood and metal and cardboard, scattered through and around Rio.