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Sewers and Symbols in a Pacified Rocinha

By Rexy Josh Dorado • June 27, 2012

By official count, 102,000 residents animate the streets of Rocinha, Brazil’s most populous single favela community. 10,000 mototaxis buzz up and down the uneven landscape. But what called my attention this past Friday was the […]