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Creation of Shopping Malls in Favelas Divides Opinion

By Caio Quero • Translation by Sarah De Rose • April 10, 2013

For the original article in Portuguese by Caio Quero on BBC Brasil click here. The creation of shopping malls in Rio’s favelas may reinforce the distance between these communities and the rest of the city, […]