#poverty

Mind-blowing movies that will transport you to Brazil's colorful slums

The Favelas were first brought into existence by the experienced and hardened veterans of the war of Canudos – a civil war between the state of Brazil and some 30,000 settlers which plagued the country for a long time.

The other side of Rio's splashy seaside resorts and colorful communities

Pelé symbolizes the potential a poor black boy has, even coming from the poorest neighborhoods

They stretch as far as the eye can see, turning the city's landscape into a colourful patchwork of shoddily constructed shanties

After the Olympics, it is much easier to find how to walk around the poorer communities of the city