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Favela Painting: Brushing Up Rio's Slums For World Cup

The match was also a showcase for the $500 million, three-year-long renovation of Brazil’s legendary Temple of Football. The national discontent has also put a media spotlight on conditions in the favelas, Rio’s legendary slums. Rising steeply uphill near several posh districts, Santa Marta is one of the Marvelous City’s more accessible favelas, one of the first to get cable car service and a local “pacification” squad to ensure safety.