SocietyBrazil’s sprawling favelas need long-term urban planning

As Brazilians prepare to vote in Sunday’s presidential runoff, correspondents visit favelas where residents face unsanitary conditions. Their footprint has nearly tripled over 40 years, growing from 53,700 hectares in 1985 to about 460,000 hectares today.

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