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Trash, Rubble and Sewage in Capão, Complexo do Alemão

By Demerson Couto • Translation by Emma Platais • April 18, 2014

For the original by Demerson Couto in Portuguese for Viva Favela click here. Vila Capão, one of the communities in Complexo do Alemão, could also be called “Villa of the Forgotten.” Around Capão, works debris from […]