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    Favela (Portuguese: [fɐˈvɛlɐ]) is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term, which means slum or ghetto, was...
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    Marlene Favela (born Silvia Marlene Favela Meraz on August 5, 1976) is a Mexican actress and model. In Mexican television, as of 2013 she was best known...
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    Rocinha (redirect from Rocinha Favela)
    Rocinha (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʁɔˈsĩɲɐ], little farm) is a favela in Brazil, located in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone between the districts of São Conrado...
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  • Look up favela in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A favela is a Brazilian slum neighborhood. Favela may also refer to: Cnidoscolus quercifolius, a tree...
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    José Alberto Inzunza Favela (born December 10, 1990), most commonly known as Joss Favela, is a Mexican musician, singer, and songwriter. Considered "el...
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    Favela Painting is the name of a series of community artwork in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil painted by Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn (known as...
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    do Caroço" with producers Jetlag; "Te Lo Dije" with Natti Natasha and "Favela Chegou" with Ludmilla. On March 15, the song "R.I.P." Mexican Sofía Reyes...
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  • Justin Favela (born 1986, Las Vegas) is an American mixed-media artist who is known for making large-scale installations and sculptures in the piñata style...
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  • Funk carioca (redirect from Favela funk)
    Funk carioca ([ˈfɐ̃k(i) ˌkɐɾiˈɔkɐ]), also known as favela funk, in other parts of the world as baile funk and Brazilian funk, or even simply funk, is a...
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  • Data Favela is a research institute founded in November 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, by Celso Athayde, founder of Central Única das Favelas (Cufa)...
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    Cnidoscolus quercifolius (syn. C. phyllacanthus; common names in Portuguese: favela, faveleira, faveleiro, and mandioca-brava) is a species of flowering plant...
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  • Cristian Favela (born 12 November 1979) is a Mexican professional boxer. He is a former WBC Continental Americas featherweight champion. On 15 October...
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    Favela Santa Marta (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɐˈvɛlɐ ˈsɐ̃tɐ ˈmaʁtɐ], Saint Martha's favela) is a favela located in the Botafogo and Laranjeiras part...
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    armed conflict for control of the favelas in Greater Rio de Janeiro or simply Civil conflict for control of the favelas is an ongoing conflict between Brazilian...
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    César Felipe Millán Favela (/ˈsiːzər mɪˈlɑːn/ SEE-zər mil-AHN, Spanish: [ˈsesaɾ miˈʝan]; born August 27, 1969) is a Mexican-American dog psychologist....
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  • Ricardo Favela (January 13, 1944 – July 15, 2007) was an American artist, professor, and civil rights activist based in Sacramento, California. He was...
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  • City of God (2002 film) (category Favelas)
    Zettel, and Seu Jorge. Most of the actors were, in fact, residents of favelas such as Vidigal and the Cidade de Deus itself. City Of God received widespread...
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  • Favela Rising is a 2005 documentary film by American directors Jeff Zimbalist and Matt Mochary. It was produced by Sidetrack Films and VOY Pictures. It...
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  • Brazilian drug trafficker. He was a major criminal figure in the Cidade de Deus favela of Rio de Janeiro during the 1970s and 1980s. He rose to posthumous fame...
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    Dardan Mushkolaj (Albanian: [daɾdan muʃkolaj]; born 2 October 1997), also known under the pseudonym Mister Dardy, is a German rapper. He was born into...
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  • This is a list of favelas in Brazil. This Portuguese word is commonly used in Brazil. Belo Horizonte Aglomerado da Serra Morro do Papagaio Acaba Mundo...
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  • Favela Brass is a free music school in the Pereirão favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It was set up by Englishman Tom Ashe in 2013 and drew international...
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    one genre of music called baile funk, or favela funk, would spawn a series of mixtapes (Favela on Blast, Favela Strikes Back), which served to bring the...
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    reported him missing while working undercover on a story in one of Rio's favelas. It was later learned that Lopes had been accosted by drug traffickers...
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    counter-attack the drug traffickers by taking control of their headquarters in the favelas, located at the group of slums named Complexo do Alemão, which was finally...
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    the Year" award. In August 2018, she released in partnership with Alok "Favela" with her own vocals and inspired from a documentary about Latin American...
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    Vidigal is a neighborhood and a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Vidigal overlooks Ipanema Beach (Portuguese: Praia de Ipanema) and Ilhas Cagarras. It...
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  • Jermaine Scott Christopher Kyei Jerome Williams Jerome Williams 3:25 3. "Favela" (featuring J Styles) Freckleton Jordan Lindsay Ayo Simpson Taylor Flyo...
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  • Jai White, Neal McDonough, Laila Ali and Masashi Odate. Formerly titled Favela, Falcon Rising was intended to be the first installment of Moonstone Entertainment's...
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  • Paulo Lins, about three young men and their lives in Cidade de Deus, a favela in Western Rio de Janeiro where Lins grew up. It is the only novel by Lins...
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