Rocinha: the largest and most urbanized favela in Rio de Janeiro. As you can see, squatters not only have electricity, they have satelite tv.
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they also have their own radio stations and cable tv stations (with productions of their own comunity).
Yes, tripa. But: the cable franchise, TV Roc, is run by a private company from the asfalto (legal, outside the favela) world. And, though some of the radio stations started as community efforts, when I was there, in 2001, all of them had converted to crente (evangelical Christian) format.
I love Rocinha, my home.
Alexandre
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