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      • In 2009, Cidade de Deus became the second favela in Rio to be "pacified" as part of a government programme to improve safety and security by increasing the police presence in poorer communities. Police officers moved into the favela and installed a special unit to try and drive out drug traffickers.
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  1. Aug 5, 2013 · Ten years after a Rio de Janeiro slum called Cidade de Deus (City of God) burst into the world's consciousness with the hit film of the same name, very little has changed for the...

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  3. Oct 5, 2013 · Lil dies at the end of the film. The actor who portrayed him, however, still lives in the notorious slum, or favela, of Cidade de Deus.

  4. Oct 29, 2015 · Built in 1960 by the government, City of God was part of a larger attempt to move favelas (slums, essentially) from the center of Rio to the outskirts.

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  5. The slum’s residents fear that if the rainy season is too heavy and rivers nearby overflow, it could create a repeat of what happened eight years ago when 38 people drowned.

  6. The neighborhood was founded in 1960, planned and executed by the government of Guanabara State as part of the policy to systematically remove slums from the center of Rio de Janeiro and resettle their inhabitants in the suburbs.

  7. 4 days ago · Cidade de Deus: A Luta Não Para, o spin-off do premiado filme de mesmo nome, baseado na obra do escritor Paulo Lins, chega em breve ao catálogo da MAX. A trama, que se passa vinte anos depois ...

  8. Aug 10, 2016 · August 10, 2016. It is one of Rio's most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side of the "Marvelous City" that is host of the...

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