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favelas

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plural of favela

as in shantytowns

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In the brightly billboarded carcass of a West Coast city, private security shields the corporate enclaves of a tech élite from the shantytowns of the economically superfluous.

— Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
Their target was the Comando Vermelho (CV), or Red Command, a criminal organization that has ruled these hillside shantytowns for decades.

— Alessandra Freitas, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025

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The country has such a diversity of ecosystems, from deserts to jungles and the environments affected by pollution in the story can all be found here.

— Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 22 Oct. 2026
After years in service and living in hobo jungles, Adam returns home.

— Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

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