Favela Santa Marta (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈvɛlɐ ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈmaʁtɐ], Saint Martha's favela) is a favela located in the Botafogo and Laranjeiras part...

Brazil Favela Santa Marta, a favela located in Rio de Janeiro Colombia Santa Marta, Magdalena department Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta Mexico Santa Marta metro...

Oliveira, better known as "Marcinho VP da Favela Santa Marta" (head of drug trafficking in the Favela Santa Marta, in Rio de Janeiro/RJ). The Marcinho VP...

Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was...

located across the world. Notable among them is the statue located in Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro, whose creation was announced the day after Jackson's...

by Novo Século. The book follows Hugo Escarlate, a boy raised at Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro, who discovers he is a wizard. The year is 1997, in...

sq. ft.) of public square in the Santa Marta. The ultimate goal of the artists is to paint an entire hillside favela in the center of Rio. Haas&Hahn have...

Espaço Michael Jackson (Michael Jackson Square), a square in the Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Michael Jacksonplein (Michael Jackson Square)...

among other social issues. in 2009, the first UPP was set up in the Santa Marta favela, with more quickly following -- coalescing in 32 units overall, spanning...

This is a list of favelas in Brazil. This Portuguese word is commonly used in Brazil. Belo Horizonte Aglomerado da Serra Morro do Papagaio Acaba Mundo...

Rocinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈsĩɲɐ], little farm) is a favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado...

of favelas, such as Rocinha, close to São Conrado, Vidigal, close to Leblon, Cantagalo and Ladeira dos Tabajaras, in Copacabana, and Morro Dona Marta, in...

Vidigal is a neighborhood and a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vidigal overlooks Ipanema Beach (Portuguese: Praia de Ipanema) and Ilhas Cagarras. It...

and their lives of petty crime during the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s in the favela where Lins grew up. An English translation by Alison Entrekin was published...

Janeiro's favelas have been controlled by gangs of armed drug traffickers. Beginning with the first UPP that was implemented in Santa Marta in 2008, many...

film contrasts the lines of criminals, police and residents of the Santa Marta favela in a daily war that knows no winners, and debates the way society...

number of NGOs who provide services and support to the favelas located around Santa Teresa. Santa Teresa is also a vibrant gastronomic center, mainly around...

14, 2013, Amarildo de Souza, a 43-year-old bricklayer from the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was called in for questioning by Unidade de Polícia...

Alemão (Portuguese: [kõˈplɛksu dwɐleˈmɐ̃w], German's Complex) is a group of favelas (low-income historically informal neighborhoods) in the North Zone of Rio...

Pleasures" - is a favela in the Southern Zone, the Zona Sul of the Brazilian metropolis Rio de Janeiro. It is part of the quarter Santa Teresa, which is...

structure. Each Rio favela has one dono who controls the managers of a favela and the soldados in his territory. The latter protect the favela against other...

Rio de Janeiro under the Favela Painting project and painted murals over 7,000 square meters of public square in the Santa Marta called Praça Cantão. In...

Brazil: in Pelourinho, the historic city center of Salvador; and in Santa Marta, a favela of Rio de Janeiro. State authorities tried to ban production over...

first “Police Pacification Unit” (UPP) in Rio de Janeiro, in the favela of Santa Marta. As of January 2014 she is the chief of the Police Pacification...

population from favelas to housing projects such as Cidade de Deus to the more recent approach of improving conditions in the favelas and bringing them...

in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro VW Cargo 1722 Military Police armored vehicle Riot Control operation (2013) Police station in Santa Marta favela Riot control...

Brazil are referred to as favelas. Vila Parisi, Cubatão Cidade de Deus, Rio de Janeiro Complexo do Alemão, Rio de Janeiro Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro Jacarezinho...

accidentally kills the drug lord of Favela Santa Marta, Rio de Janeiro. Pursued by other drug dealers, Maguila flees from the favela along with a 13-year-old tomboy...

Jacarezinho is a favela (Brazilian neighborhood) in Rio de Janeiro, with more than 60,300 residents living in an area of 40 hectares (99 acres). It is...

Governador Paquetá Villegaignon Favelas Cantagalo–Pavão–Pavãozinho Complexo do Alemão Morro da Babilônia Santa Marta Jacarezinho Mangueira Manguinhos...