Brazil troops and police raid Rio shantytown in clean-up drive
Brazil troops and police raid Rio shantytown in clean-up drive:
| The favela's population grew during the 1950s with an influx of economic migrants fleeing poverty in Brazil's north-east. To this day, many of Rocinha's estimated 70000-200000 residents have roots in the north-eastern states of Paraiba, Pernambuco and ... |  The Guardian |