We were walking through the favela

*Quite a set of photos.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2009/nov/29/rio-drugs-war-jon-lee-anderson

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"We were walking through the favela – a mess of slapped-up houses of corrugated tin and unpainted brick, dreadlocked tangles of pilfered electrical wiring, and graffiti-covered walls and alleyways where little shops and rudimentary bars selling beer and cachaça jostled for space with storefront evangelical churches. Parque Royal is built on what used to be a mangrove swamp, and Iara's home...