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What Went Wrong in Rio's Favelas?

By Juliana Barbassa

Rio's slums have returned to neglect, but there is still an opportunity for revival.

This article is adapted from AQ's most recent issue, "Fixing Brazil." To receive the print edition at home, subscribe here.

Standing in the doorway of her mud-and-bamboo cottage at the very top of a favela called Babilônia, Maria Regina Luiz peers out cautiously. She was born and raised on this steep hillside above Copacabana, and has learned to be suspicious of outsiders, particularly around election...

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