There is one safe house in this zone, located in one of the favelas.
As a result, residents of favelas are often discriminated against for living in these communities and often experience inequality and exploitation.
She would also find journals and old notebooks, in which she began to record her day-to-day activities and about her life in the favela.
Rap emerged in the 1990s as a musical representative of a new favela space, and one closely watched by the curious middle class.
Groups danced until dawn, residents drank in the streets, and for the first time in a long while the favela relaxed.
As we saw with the very different relations that politicians and traffickers had with favela residents, networks enable groups to build up different types of linkages between actors.
Traffickers simply act to guarantee access and, in turn, benefit most directly from the politicians contributions to the favela.
This illustrates flexibility in network connections and also suggests that criminals can gain control of resources destined to help favela residents.
