{"id":81907,"date":"2025-10-28T14:20:17","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T17:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81907"},"modified":"2025-11-02T17:11:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T20:11:20","slug":"are-we-heading-toward-our-end-heavily-polluted-waterways-in-rios-mare-favelas-paint-a-picture-of-persistent-neglect-and-demise-of-historic-fishing-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=81907","title":{"rendered":"‘When Man Wipes Out All the Rivers, He’ll See That You Can’t Eat Money.\u2019 Heavily Polluted Waterways in Rio Favelas Paint a Picture of Persistent Neglect and Demise of Historic Fishing Community"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fisherman H\u00e9lio Ricardo in one of the few surviving mangrove areas in Complexo da Mar\u00e9. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Clique aqui para Portugu\u00eas<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"This article is part of a\u00a0<\/i><\/i>series<\/a>\u00a0created in partnership with the\u00a0Behner Stiefel Center for Brazilian Studies<\/a>\u00a0at San Diego State University, to produce articles for the\u00a0Digital Brazil Project<\/a>\u00a0on environmental justice in the favelas through RioOnWatch.<\/em><\/p>\n

Those who look at Complexo da Mar\u00e9<\/a>, in Rio de Janeiro\u2019s North Zone<\/a>, made up of 16 densely populated favelas, might not immediately associate the area with its natural ecosystem. However, Mar\u00e9 is crisscrossed by an extensive network of waterways that continue to exist beneath pollution<\/a>, degradation, and aggressive interventions. There, fragments of mangrove vegetation and important watercourses struggle, persisting in the Mar\u00e9 landscape.<\/p>\n

A Vast Archipelago Called Mar\u00e9<\/h3>\n

The Mar\u00e9 of yore had lush landscapes and, less than 100 years ago, was made up of beaches, islands, and mangroves. The book Carioca Waters<\/em><\/a> describes the region\u2019s nature in the 1930s based on accounts from writer Armando Magalh\u00e3es Corr\u00eaa (1889\u20131944).<\/p>\n

\u201cFlocks of herons took flight; now standing out are Inha\u00fama Hill [currently the Morro do Timbau favela], Tibau Point, and Fund\u00e3o Island. We headed south, passing through the Inha\u00fama Canal [today, the area crossed by the Linha Amarela<\/a> expressway]\u2026 The upper part of the hill is covered with mango, abiu, tamarind, cashew, and sapodilla [fruit] trees\u2026 On the rocks, cacti, and on the trees, bromeliads.\u201d \u2014 excerpt from Carioca Waters<\/em>, by Antonio Carlos Pinto Vieira (2016, p. 145)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Illustration from the 1930s shows a \u2018strictly navigable\u2019 Mar\u00e9, as reported by the writer Armando Magalh\u00e3es Corr\u00eaa. Photo: Carioca Waters<\/em>\/Reproduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The area surrounding today\u2019s Complexo da Mar\u00e9 was once a vast archipelago. Its islands formed channels that helped keep alive the sea that flowed through the area inhabited by the community. The waters of Guanabara Bay<\/a> stretched far inland, reaching what is now the Brazilian national health foundation (Fiocruz<\/a>). Within what is now Mar\u00e9, there was Pinheiro Island (currently the Cadu Barcellos Ecological Park<\/a>), Inha\u00fama Hill (the Morro do Timbau<\/a> favela), the Inha\u00fama Cove (where today stand the micro-regions of Vila do Pinheiro<\/a>, Vila do Jo\u00e3o<\/a>, and Conjunto Esperan\u00e7a<\/a>), and Apic\u00fa Beach (which used to be a large mangrove area between the Baixa do Sapateiro<\/a> and Praia de Ramos<\/a> communities). Mar\u00e9\u2014tide in Portuguese\u2014was, as its name suggests, an area between tides, located between the Faria River and Guanabara Bay\u2014thus, a naturally flooded and silted area.<\/p>\n

As human transportation occurred, according to the author, predominantly along its waterways, Mar\u00e9 had two ports: Maria Angu, at what is now Praia de Ramos; and one at the foot of Morro do Timbau, along what today is Rua Guilherme Maxwell (better known as Rua da Escola Bahia, near Passarela 7 on Avenida Brasil). This water-based characteristic is so striking in the territory that Timbau and Pinheiro, names of Tupi-Guarani origin, mean, respectively, \u201cbetween waters\u201d (t\u00b4pau<\/em>) and \u201cspilled\u201d (pi-i\u00eare<\/em>), according to records from the Mar\u00e9 Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Due to this hydrographic profile, human settlement in Mar\u00e9 has always gone hand in hand with the development of its fishing culture. Making a living from fishing was so common that some Mar\u00e9 communities, such as Praia de Ramos and Conjunto Marc\u00edlio Dias, emerged from the settlement of fishing families. Fishing colonies, like those in Ramos<\/a> (founded in 1923), Pinheiro<\/a>, and Parque Uni\u00e3o, resist to this day and stand as living memories of this occupation.<\/p>\n

A resident of Parque Uni\u00e3o, born and raised there, H\u00e9lio Ricardo<\/a> has been a fisherman in Mar\u00e9 for 40 years. He recounts how nature once dominated the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis here [Mar\u00e9] used to be a small island. The mangrove has always been around. We used to have to come here [to Praia do Coqueirinho, next to the Fund\u00e3o BRT], wading chest-deep. Sometimes, when the tide went down, we walked with water up to our knees. That was 40, 45 years ago. Back then, we didn\u2019t need much netting to fish\u2014100 meters of net were enough to fill the boat.\u201d \u2014 H\u00e9lio Ricardo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Record of the old Maria Angu Port in Ramos shows the beauty that surrounded Mar\u00e9. Photo: Dona Orosina Vieira Archive\/Mar\u00e9 Museum<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Carlos Lopes, known as \u201cCobra,\u201d a resident of Parque Uni\u00e3o and a fisherman for 50 years, also reminisces about the old days.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn November, I\u2019d take the groups [of fishermen out fishing]. We\u2019d come back with 250, 300 swordfish. We\u2019d catch the ones we called ‘cachorro,’ the big ones. There were so many of the small ones that we didn\u2019t bother bringing them; we\u2019d just throw them back into the water. I had my shrimp net. Wow! Eight shrimp added up to a kilo! Sometimes we\u2019d catch two boxes of them, real sardines. There was catfish too. There was a time when bluefish came in, and a time when weakfish came along with the croaker. Even snook would end up in the net.\u201d \u2014 Carlos Lopes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A centuries-old tradition in the area, fishing gradually changed over the second half of the last century. The availability of fish started to decline due to multiple interventions that harmed the health of Mar\u00e9\u2019s waterways<\/a>. These interventions compromised not only the practice of traditional fishing but also the community\u2019s very knowledge of the waters that weave this area together.<\/p>\n

A Portrait of Mar\u00e9\u2019s Hydrography<\/h3>\n

Complexo da Mar\u00e9 is located between the sub-basin of Cunha Canal and the sub-basin of Ramos River<\/a>, with its main waterways being the Fund\u00e3o Canal\u2014running parallel to the Linha Vermelha<\/a> expressway\u2014and the Cunha Canal<\/a>, which crosses Avenida Brasil<\/a> near the Manguinhos<\/a> group of favelas. The Fund\u00e3o Canal, an artificial waterway roughly six kilometers long, was created by the former archipelago’s infilling giving rise to University City, now Fund\u00e3o Island. It meets the Cunha Canal near Linha Vermelha, at the back of the community, close to Ponte do Saber bridge. Nearly all the sewage outlets from the community and from much of the North Zone of Rio flow into Fund\u00e3o Canal.<\/p>\n

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On the left bank, sewage outlets flow from Complexo da Mar\u00e9 into the Fund\u00e3o Canal, where the Linha Amarela and Linha Vermelha meet, before emptying into Guanabara Bay. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cunha Canal, on the other hand, which begins near Manguinhos, is about one kilometer long and receives tributaries from other rivers and canals. Some of these are the Jacar\u00e9 River, which starts in the Serra dos Pretos Forros, a mountain range in the Engenho de Dentro<\/a> neighborhood, and the Faria-Timb\u00f3 River<\/a>, formed by the meeting of the Faria and Timb\u00f3 rivers near the Inha\u00fama<\/a> neighborhood. The Cunha Canal is also fed by tributaries from Manguinhos, Eixo 300, Pinheiro, Conjunto Esperan\u00e7a, and Vila do Jo\u00e3o canals. All of these cut through the communities of Vila do Jo\u00e3o, Conjunto Esperan\u00e7a, and part of Vila do Pinheiro, eventually flowing into Guanabara Bay.<\/p>\n

In addition to those already mentioned, there are several other waterways that make up Mar\u00e9\u2019s hydrography. They are, however, less well known\u2014mainly due to inconsistent or insufficient information about them.<\/p>\n

One example is the Ramos River. According to the map<\/a> from the Esse Rio \u00e9 Meu <\/em><\/a>(This River in Mine) project, the Ramos River originates in the Ramos neighborhood and, running under Avenida Brasil, enters Complexo da Mar\u00e9 near the Parque Uni\u00e3o favela before reaching Guanabara Bay. However, while this map presents a straight-line path\u2014from the Ramos River to Guanabara Bay\u2014it references points that differ from the river\u2019s actual course.<\/p>\n

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The Esse Rio \u00e9 Meu<\/em> project shows two routes to trace the Ramos River: one is straighter, while the other, longer and more winding, reaches the Baixa do Sapateiro community. Photo: Esse Rio \u00e9 Meu<\/em>\/Reproduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of the reference points mentioned is the Monteiro Lobato Municipal Daycare, located on Rua Tatajuba in Baixa do Sapateiro. The daycare, however, is over 650 meters away from Rua Darci Vargas (commonly known as Rua do Val\u00e3o), the street through which the Ramos River enters the community. To illustrate the discrepancy: if a resident were to walk from the point where the Ramos River passes Rua Darci Vargas in Parque Uni\u00e3o to the daycare center in Baixa do Sapateiro, it would take roughly nine minutes along Rua Principal, a street that runs perpendicular to the Ramos River and connects the two favelas.<\/p>\n

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One of the routes described by the Esse Rio \u00e9 Meu<\/em> project shows the Ramos River passing Rua Tatajuba, taking a completely different path from the straight-line route. Photo: Google Maps\/Reproduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition, all the reference points along this Ramos River route, as described by the mapping, are schools located next to waterways that, within the community, are understood as val\u00f5es<\/em>\u2014channels, or potentially canals, where sewage and garbage are routinely dumped. This raises important questions. Why does the map show one route but describe another? Is the waterway on Rua do Val\u00e3o in Parque Uni\u00e3o the Ramos River, or just a val\u00e3o<\/em><\/a>? Are val\u00f5es<\/em> merely sewage channels built by residents or the government? The confusion deepens when we look at a study conducted by data_labe<\/a>, which recorded Mar\u00e9\u2019s main sewage channels. What the Esse Rio \u00e9 Meu<\/em> project identifies as part of the Ramos River, the data_labe study classifies as a val\u00e3o<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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An X-ray of Mar\u00e9’s sanitation: Is it a river or a val\u00e3o<\/em>? In Mar\u00e9, the same waterway is identified in two different ways: as a river by the Esse Rio \u00c9 Meu<\/em> project, and as a val\u00e3o<\/em> by data_labe\u2019s mapping. Photo: data_labe\/Reproduction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Besides the inconsistencies between the information about the Ramos River presented by the cited maps, residents\u2019 knowledge also points to differing features about Mar\u00e9\u2019s waterways.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt Piscin\u00e3o de Ramos [an artificial saltwater public swimming pool which, despite its name, is located in Mar\u00e9], we have two [channels]. There\u2019s one at Jet Clube and [another] at the Ramos [Fishing] Colony. In another Mar\u00e9 community, Kelson\u2019s<\/a>, there are two more: one at [Praia da] Moreninha and another, the largest of them, bordering the Navy area. That one comes from the Br\u00e1s de Pina<\/a> and Quitungo<\/a> areas. The river waters are captured there.\u201d \u2014 Carlos Lopes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All these inaccuracies, inconsistencies, or gaps in information about Complexo da Mar\u00e9’s waterways are linked to a historical process of erasure, neglect, and the mischaracterization of favela rivers caused by urbanization policies. S\u00e9rgio Ricardo, director of the Living Bay Movement<\/a>, explains.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a problem with Brazilian engineering. For over 30 years now, river renaturalization<\/a> has been underway everywhere else in the world. It’s something that’s been discussed<\/a> since the 1992 Earth Summit<\/a> while here we\u2019ve continued to bury and straighten rivers. We have to work with official sources, but through a dialogical process. Some rivers have an official name, but in older communities, fishermen don\u2019t recognize them by that name. They know them by others\u2014usually Indigenous ones. The renaturalization of rivers and their original courses represents a different concept, an environmental one. Here [in Brazil, what\u2019s followed] is engineering without ecology, a hydraulic concept. The same is done with Indigenous issues. How many peoples existed? No one knows. The Fund\u00e3o Canal, for example, now runs along the Linha Vermelha [expressway]. But did the [original] river really follow that path?\u201d \u2014 S\u00e9rgio Ricardo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Over the years, housing policies aimed at \u201cprogress\u201d did not merely stop at eliminating, filling in, or altering Mar\u00e9\u2019s waterways. These actions profoundly affected the community\u2019s collective memory and disrupted local ecosystems. Today, many residents experience a sense of disconnection from their natural heritage\u2014a result of interventions that date back to the early 20th century.<\/p>\n

The Process of the Degradation of Mar\u00e9\u2019s Waters<\/h3>\n

Between 1908 and 2012, the region of the Cunha Canal sub-basin underwent numerous interventions<\/a> due to its flood-prone nature. Most of these works took place either within or around Complexo da Mar\u00e9\u2014such as the landfills used to build the former Manguinhos Airport and for the construction of Avenida Brasil (beginning in the 1940s), the infilling of the islands that once existed in Fund\u00e3o in 1949, and the Project Rio<\/a> fill carried out from 1979 to 1980, in the area where Mar\u00e9\u2019s stilt houses once stood.<\/p>\n

Aiming to address the issue of housing in favelas, Project Rio carried out a massive land reclamation initiative in the Vila do Pinheiro area. A total of 69 hectares of Guanabara Bay<\/a> were altered to make way for the construction of 2,300 houses. However, the housing initiative was not accompanied by effective sanitation<\/a> planning, which led to waste being dumped directly into Mar\u00e9\u2019s canals and, consequently, into Guanabara Bay.<\/p>\n

Seu<\/em> H\u00e9lio laments how Mar\u00e9\u2019s canals and Guanabara Bay\u2014the main outlet for all these waterways\u2014have become so severely degraded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere used to be about 100 fishermen here. We\u2019d head out early in the morning, around six, and by noon we\u2019d be back with four or five [full] trays. That was some 100, 150 kilos of fish. There was anchovy, true sardine [a term for healthy fish], what we call maromba; shrimp, the big kind, the real one; weakfish, snook, stingray\u2026 There was such abundance. We once caught over 300 kilos of stingray [in these waters]. [Up until that time, the late 1970s,] you could make a living. I raised my kids on fish, selling fish. But not anymore. Before, there was sand here, but [now everything\u2019s] turned to mud. [These days,] we still catch some [fish], but much less [because of the pollution].\u201d \u2014 H\u00e9lio Ricardo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

All these landfills directly and significantly affected Mar\u00e9\u2019s canals. To ensure these projects\u2019 feasibility, the works required the construction of artificial drainage channels for the floodable lands\u2014which, in turn, started carrying all the domestic waste from Mar\u00e9\u2019s communities into Guanabara Bay. In this way, the biodiversity of Mar\u00e9\u2019s waters gradually gave way to sewage and pollution.<\/p>\n

But the neglect resulting from the lack of planning and public investment in Mar\u00e9\u2019s waterways goes beyond landfilling. In the second half of the last century, the rivers in the Cunha sub-basin underwent aggressive interventions. Once meandering and sinuous, these rivers were straightened, channeled, filled in, or covered by the urban grid in an effort to control flooding<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Current state of Cunha Canal near the Salsa e Merengue community. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

One of these flood-control interventions was the construction connecting the Faria River to the Timb\u00f3 River, giving rise to the Faria-Timb\u00f3 River. This project altered the Cunha Canal\u2014a natural waterway that, in addition to being lined with concrete, was extended due to the merging of the Faria and Timb\u00f3 Rivers. Today, the Faria-Timb\u00f3 is a straightened, concreted, and extremely polluted river.<\/p>\n

Beyond that, interventions that could potentially improve life in the community still struggle to become reality. In the late 1980s, a project for the construction of the Mar\u00e9 Perimeter Drainage System<\/a> aimed to treat the sewage running through what is now Rua do Val\u00e3o. However, as Seu<\/em> Helio recalls, the project never left the drawing board.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe sewage that came [and still comes] from Olaria<\/a> and Penha<\/a> was supposed to be treated before being released into the Cunha Canal. An old leather-tanning company that\u2019s since closed down, in Penha, polluted a lot because of the chemicals it used. The Parque Uni\u00e3o street market was supposed to be moved there [to Rua do Val\u00e3o], but that never happened. The project never left the drawing board. And all that [sewage from the area] ends up here in Guanabara Bay. The tannery is no longer around, but there are still many industries [in Penha] that dump everything into those open drains. And you can see it [when you go by] on Avenida dos Campe\u00f5es [in Ramos]; it comes down Rua Teixeira de Castro, near Passarela 10, across from Parque Uni\u00e3o, all the way to the Cunha Canal.\u201d \u2014 H\u00e9lio Ricardo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Today, the waters that flow through Mar\u00e9 suffer the impacts of all these changes that, over time, have radically transformed the original landscape. Among the consequences are the loss of rivers in the Cunha Canal sub-basin, the near halving of the drainage density<\/a> of Mar\u00e9\u2019s canals, flooding, the increased occurrence of heavy rains, and the normalization of river pollution. All this shows that, in addition to compromising residents\u2019 quality of life and the health of Mar\u00e9\u2019s waters, these interventions failed to achieve their intended goals.<\/p>\n

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In Conjunto Esperan\u00e7a, garbage dominates the sewage passage running parallel to Cunha Canal. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWhen Man Wipes Out All the Rivers, He’ll See That You Can’t Eat Money\u201d<\/h3>\n

Seeking to reverse this scenario, the state government carried out revitalization works<\/a> on the Fund\u00e3o and Cunha canals between 2009 and 2011, removing around 3.2 million cubic meters of waste, dredging surrounding rivers, and reurbanizing nearby areas. The dredging allowed mangrove vegetation to naturally reappear in Mar\u00e9\u2019s landscape. The improvements lasted a mere two years, however, due to a lack of maintenance, showing that the problem cannot be solved in isolation. Lopes vents his frustration over the inefficiency of the effort.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey only dredged a small stretch, from the Pinheiro bridge to Parque Uni\u00e3o. That’s it! If you go to Fund\u00e3o, you\u2019ll see the mountain of mud. The section that needed dredging wasn\u2019t dredged. They should have come dredging all the way here to Ponta do Arass\u00e1. They should have started from the canal coming from Manguinhos. The Pinheiro [which receives these tributaries] is unmanageable. [To navigate] There, the fisherman has set times to leave and arrive and has to be in the right spot. It\u2019s a very restricted area for navigating a boat. A large vessel? Forget it. It won\u2019t get through\u2014too shallow, too much mud. And it\u2019s not just mud, it\u2019s filth. Why do they keep dredging the Port of Rio? Because the sea naturally silts up the river, so dredging is always necessary. The same thing would have benefited fishermen here. The water flow to and from these neighborhoods would be much better because we’d have proper outflow here. You can\u2019t pour a bucket of water into a teacup. It will overflow!\u201d \u2014 Carlos Lopes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The fisherman Carlos Lopes shows the pollution taking over the water at Praia do Coqueirinho. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Whether due to failures, the discontinuation of works and projects, or neglect toward favela populations\u2014historical targets of environmental racism<\/a>\u2014all these interventions have profoundly altered Mar\u00e9\u2019s natural environment, as well as the relationship between residents, the favela\u2019s ecosystem, and local living conditions.<\/p>\n

Branca, as Gileuda Silva is known, has been fishing for nine years with the Prainha Fishermen\u2019s Colony (APAP), located at Praia do Oi in Fund\u00e3o, and is also saddened by the current state of Mar\u00e9\u2019s aquatic ecosystem.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn April 11, 2023, we experienced an incredible die-off of ticonha stingrays<\/a>. And it wasn\u2019t restricted to Fund\u00e3o Island. The news went global<\/a>, and to this day we still haven\u2019t gotten an explanation for why these rays died. Another case was the near-extinction of the swordfish, which disappeared from the Bay for almost three years [between 2022 and 2025]. Most fishermen were worried because, although its commercial value is low, it\u2019s in demand\u2014it\u2019s tasty. Nowadays, catching one is almost like winning a trophy. This happens because of oil spills from ship hold washing, by companies operating in the Bay. They’re the ones that profit the most from nature and that pollute the most. And this is the fishermen\u2019s big concern: which species will be next? Are we heading toward our end? Is there no way to save [our local nature]?\u201d \u2014 Branca<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This reality affects Mar\u00e9\u2019s population and their connection to activities such as fishing\u2014a cultural heritage that has always intertwined identity and food security<\/a> in the community\u2019s life. Thinking about the rivers is, at the same time, thinking about a single Rio (its name evoking both city and river). Environmental policies need to move in tandem with others, such as education, sanitation, and energy policies. The problems facing Mar\u00e9\u2019s waters, therefore, cannot be addressed in isolation.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople want to [complain] that there\u2019s no fish, there’s no fish. Of course [there’s no fish]! Everything\u2019s polluted! Fish go where it\u2019s cleaner! Are they going to stay where there\u2019s pollution? Where there\u2019s no oxygen? When man destroys the last tree in the forest, wipes out all the rivers, pollutes, and eliminates all the fish in the sea\u2014that is, our entire ecosystem\u2014he’ll see that you can’t eat money.\u201d \u2014 H\u00e9lio Ricardo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

About the author:\u00a0Amanda Baroni Lopes<\/a>\u00a0has a degree in journalism from Unicarioca and was part of the first Journalism Laboratory organized by Mar\u00e9\u2019s community newspaper\u00a0Mar\u00e9 de Not\u00edcias<\/a>. She is the author of the\u00a0Anti-Harassment Guide on Breaking<\/a>, a handbook that explains what is and isn\u2019t harassment to the Hip Hop audience and provides guidance on what to do in these situations. Lopes is from\u00a0Morro do Timbau<\/a>, a favela within the larger Mar\u00e9 favela complex.<\/em><\/p>\n

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