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Brazil: Putting the funk back in favelas

RIO DE JANIERO —  Long been associated with all-night dance parties thrown by drug traffickers, Brazilian funk music in favelas is leading to conflict with the police sent to patrol these communities.  

Running out of real estate in Brazil's slums

RIO DE JANEIRO — Mounting real estate costs are threatening to place homes beyond the reach of Brazil’s biggest, most promising market — middle and low-income buyers.
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