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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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Estrada had landed a pacu, a fish that affluent anglers travel thousands of miles to target in the jungles of South America.

— Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 26 Aug. 2026
Here, thick jungles offer unique adventures, from spotting wildlife like jaguars and tapirs to swimming beneath waterfalls or summiting Victoria Peak, the country’s second-highest mountain.

— Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 21 Aug. 2026

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