1. FAVELAS OF BRAZIL RIO RIO

2. RIO DE JANEIRO MEANS RIVER OF JANUARY (PORTUGUESE) CAPTIAL OF STATE OF RIO DE JANEIRO 2 ND LARGEST CITY IN BRAZIL (SAO PAULO- 1 ST ) – 6, 453, 684 (2012) 3 RD LARGEST METORPOLITAN AREA IN SOUTH AMERICA (Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires) over 12 million 6 TH LARGEST IN THE AMERICAS 26 TH IN THE WORLD

3. RIO DE JANEIRO

4. CAPITAL OF BRAZIL FROM 1763-1815 (PORTUGUESE COLONISM) 1815-1821 UNITED KINGDOME OF PORTUGAL, BRAZIL & ALGARVES 1822-1960 INDEPENDENT COUNTRY

5. RIO DE JANEIRO NICKNAME “CIDADE MARAVIHOSA”  MARVELOUS CITY 2 ND LARGEST GDP IN BRAZIL ($201 BILLION) 30 TH IN THE WORLD

6. RIO DE JANEIRO HEADQUARTERS OF TWO MAJOR COUNTRIES (VALE – nickel producers, PETROBRAS - oil)

7. RIO DE JANEIRO OIL, TELEPHONE, MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS COMPANIES LOCATION OF MANY UNIVERSITIS AND INSTITUTES 2 ND LARGEST CENTRE OF R&D IN BRAZIL

8. RIO DE JANEIRO ATTRACTS THE MOST TOURISTS IN S. HEMISPHERE ATTRACTIONS – NATURAL, CARNIVALS, SAMBA, BOSS NONVA, BEACHES (BARRA DA TIJUCA, COPACABANA, IPANEMA, LEBLON

10. RIO DE JANEIRO CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUTE, SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN (CORCOVADO)

11. RIO DE JANEIRO MARACANA STADIUM (ONE FO WORLD’S LARGEST FOOTBALL STADIUMS (2014 HOST OF FIFA WORLD CUP)

12. RIO DE JANEIRO SITE OF 2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS Olympics

13. GEOGRAPHY (SITE) ON ATLANTIC OCEAN NEAR TROPIC OF CANCER LOCATED ON INLET OF COAST OF GUANABARA BAY ENTRACE MARKED BY SUGAR LOAF MOUNTAIN

14. GEOGRAPHY (SITE)

15. CORE OF CITY  PLAINS OF WESTERN SHORE OF GUANABARA BAY HILLS AND ROCKY MOUNTAINS WITHIN CITY AREA - 1,182.3 KM 2

16. GEOGRAPHY (SITE) TROPICAL SAVANNA CLIMATE DECEMBER TO MARCH  RAINY PERIOD TEMPS. DURING SUMMER 40°C (104°F) AVERAGE MONTHLY TEMPS. ABOVE 28°C (82°F)

17. GEOGRAPHY (HUMAN) JANUARY 1 ST, 1502 FIRST EUROPEAN CONTACT PORTUGUESE EXPLORER GASPAR DE LEMOS RIO FOUNDED BY PORTUGUESE ON MARCH 1 ST, 1565 AND NAME SAO SEBASTIAO DO RIO DE JANEIRO

18. GEOGRAPHY (HUMAN) 17 TH CENTURY RIO – PORT FOR EXPORTING GOLD AND SUGAR 1819  145,000 AFRICAN SLAVES IN RIO BY 1840  # OF SLAVES INCREASED TO 220,000

19. GEOGRAPHY (HUMAN) POP. OF RIO 6.1 MILLION METRO AREA 11.5 MILLION POP. DENSITY 6180 PEOPLE/KM² WHITE (53.43%) MULTIRACIAL (35.08%) BLACK (11.6%) ASIA (0.18%) AMERINDIAN (0.14%)

20. GEOGRAPHY (HUMAN) RIO HOME TO LARGEST PORTUGUESE POPULATION OUTSIDE OF LISBON, PORTUGAL AFTER BRAZIL’S INDEPENDENCE THOUSANDS OF IMMIGRANTS FROM PORTUGAL DURING 20 TH CENTURY

21. GEOGRAPHY (HUMAN) BLACK COMMUNITY FORMED FROM SLAVE TRADE (ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE) HUGE DISPARITIES B/T RICH AND POOR

22. FAVELAS FIRST FAVELAS WERE ORIGINALLY QUILOMBOS  INDEPENDENT SETTLEMENTS OF AFRICAN SLAVES THAT ESCAPED THEIR OWNERS LOCATED ALONG THE HILLY TERRAIN OF THE AREA SURROUNDIG RIO AS SLAVES WERE LIBERATED IN 1888 THEY WERE ATTRACTED TO THESE SETTLEMENTS AS THERE WAS NO WHERE ELSE FOR THEM TO LIVE

23. FAVELAS

24. TERM USED FOR SHANTY TOWN IN BRAZIL 18 TH CENTURY  1 ST SETTLEMENTS APPEAR CLOSE TO THE CITY CALLED BAIRROS AFRICANOS (AFRICAN NEIGHOBURHOODS) PLACE WERE FORMER SLAVES WITH NO LAND OWNERSHIP AND NO EMPLOYMENT OPTIONS LIVED

25. FAVELAS THESE NEIGHBOURHOODS ATTRACTED MANY FREED SLAVES FROM 19TH CENTURY TO EARLY 20 TH CENTURY EVENTUALLY POOR BLACK CITIZENS WERE PUSHED FROM DOWNTOWN INTO MOUNTAINS FAR FROM DT

26. FAVELAS FAVELAS REPLACED BARRIOS AFRICANOS IN THE 1970S MANY LEFT RURAL AREAS AND FLOCKED TO CITIES WITHOUT PROPER HOUSING THEY ENDED UP IN A FAVELA

27. FAVELAS 20,000 VETERAN SOLDIERS WERE BROUGHT TO RIO FROM EASTERN PROVINCE OF BAHIA (DURING CONFLICT AGAINST THE SETTLERS OF CANUDOS)

28. FAVELAS WITH NO PLACE TO LIVE WHEN IN THE ARMY IN BAHIA  FAVELAS HILL (FAVELA  TREE THAT IRRITATES SKIN SETTLED ON PROVIDENCE HILL IN RIO AND CALLED IT FAVELA HILL

29. FAVELAS 100S OF SHANTYTOWNS ERECTED IN SUBURBS AS A RESPONSE TO HOUSING CRISIS OF 1940S DURING THIS TIME FAVELAS REPLACED TENEMENTS AS MAIN TYPE OF RESIDENCE FOR RESIDENTS OF RIO

30. FAVELAS 1970S NEW GROWTH  AS RESULT OF CONSTRUCTION BOOM IN RICHER AREAS  LED TO MIGRATION FROM RURAL AREAS (JOBS) HEAVING FLOODING IN LOW- LYING AREAS FORCED MANY TO MOVE TO FAVELAS ALONG HILLSIDES

31. FAVELAS INDUSTRILIZATION OF 1940S- 1970S CONTRIBUTED TO THE GROWTH OF FAVELAS  THOUSANDS OF MIGRANTS MOVED TO THE AREA FOR JOBS

32. BRAZILIAN CITIES WITH MOST FAVELAS

33. FAVELAS BRAZIL MOST ECONOMICALLY UNEQUAL COUNTRY IN WORLD TOP 10% OF POP. EARNS 50% OF NATIONAL INCOME 26% OF POP. LIVING BELOW POVERTY LINE ($70 Real - and 6% UNEMPLOYMENT

34. FAVELAS 1969 -~300 FAVELAS IN RIO NOW OVER 600 1950 – 7% OF RIO’S POP. LIVED IN FAVELAS (NOW 19%)  1 IN 5 LIVE IN A FAVELA