Bob Nadkarni

Visitors are finding a World Cup home in Brazil’s notorious favelas

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Favelas are known as Brazil’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods. But they’re also becoming a low-cost alternative for World Cup fans seeking cheap rooms and a glimpse of the real Brazil.Favelas are known as Brazil’s poorest and most violent neighborhoods. But they’re also becoming a low-cost alternative for World Cup fans seeking cheap rooms and a glimpse of the real Brazil.