Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of impoverished neighborhoods in Brazil.

2025年1月4日 · favela, in Brazil, a slum or shantytown located within or on the outskirts of the country’s large cities, especially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. A favela typically comes into being when squatters occupy vacant land at the edge of a city and construct shanties of salvaged or stolen materials.

2016年8月4日 · Favelas have become synonymous with slum life. Today, there are an estimated 1,000 favelas in Rio, and they are home to about 1.5 million people, or close to 24 percent of the city's...

Many favelas were located on precious inner city land in Rio’s most affluent neighborhoods, making them ripe territory for lucrative commercial and residential construction ventures. As arch-conservative military generals usurped power from the progressive statesman João Goulart on a national level, state and city politics, led by the ...

2023年3月15日 · Case in point: favelas are more dangerous than the rest of the city, but they're also creative and cultural hubs of the country, producing the best sambistas, rappers and funkeiros, along with top artists, athletes and entrepreneurs.

2024年1月24日 · RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead of the previous term “subnormal agglomerates” that was widely viewed as stigmatizing.

2017年4月25日 · Favelas are urban slums in Brazil, with the first arising in the 19th Century. Originally built by veteran soldiers, they continue to hold great cultural importance and pose socioeconomic challenges.

2025年1月3日 · What are Brazil favelas? Favelas are informal settlements in Brazil, often found on the outskirts of major cities like Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. These communities emerged due to rapid urbanization and a lack of affordable housing. Why are they important?

2014年12月3日 · Welcome to the favelas, slums so underserved that they maintain a state of cold war with Brazilian officials. In every conurbation in Brazil, all across the country, there exists a separate state-within-a-state that houses over 11 million of the nation’s poor.

2024年10月8日 · In Rio de Janeiro, there are approximately 600 favelas, the largest and one of the safest favelas is Rocinha (ironically meaning ‘little farm’) located in the south zone of Rio and supports a population of 70,000 people.