Uncharted Territory:

Rio de Janeiro’s favelas find a place on city maps

By: Associated Press - Texarkana Gazette

This Dec. 28, 2012, photo shows the Mare shantytown in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The city’s densest neighborhoods, its favelas, or shantytowns blanket entire hillsides, providing most of the city’s affordable housing. Government officials have traditionally considered them eyesores and lit...

RIO DE JANEIRO—Look at most maps of Rio de Janeiro. The beaches are easy to spot, as are the iconic ocean-front neighborhoods of Copacabana and Ipanema. In the middle is a vast forest. What’s less identifiable are the blank swaths with no streets, landmarks or other signs of human hab...

Published: 01/23/2013