Brazil spends trillions and can't solve the problem of the favelas.

巴西耗资无数，仍然无法解决贫民窟的问题。

The public prosecutor has even compared Marseille to the favelas of Rio.

公共检察官甚至把马赛与里约热内卢的贫民窟相提并论。

And the infamous favelas - the slum areas - were totally off-limits.

还有臭名昭著的贫民窟绝对禁止涉足。

But this is Paraisopolis, one of São Paulo’s notorious crime-infested favelas (slums).

不过，这是Paraisopolis，圣保罗臭名昭著犯罪猖獗的棚户区（贫民窟）。

What seems new is that the residents of the favelas themselves seem to be welcoming the police.

贫民窟本身的居民开始变得欢迎警察光临，似乎是从来没有过的新鲜事。

In contrast, the favelas are Rio's running sore; ramshackle, romantic, passionate, and near lawless.

相反，贫民窟是里约的脓疮，破烂不堪，荒诞离奇，热情奔放又缺乏法纪。

n Rio, selective blindness is harder with favelas perched on hilltops overlooking all the best neighbourhoods.

在里约，贫民窟都建立在小山坡上，人们可以俯瞰到下面所有邻里的状况，所以人们更不会盲目选择这里作为居住的地方。

But Rio is undergoing a Renaissance, one which even holds out hope for the 1m of the city's 6m residents who live in favelas.

但是，里约热内卢正准备东山再起，甚至这是全市六百万居民其中一百万住在贫民窟者的希望。

Some of the new money is also going on installing the paving, lighting and sewerage that turn favelas into neighbourhoods.

部分新玻的款项也正用于贫民窟的铺路、照明和排水系统，要让贫民窟升格为人见人爱的芳邻。

More than half of the original study group had moved out of the favelas, suggesting they are not the dead-end that many people suppose.

超过半数曾经参与调查的人已经搬出贫民窟，可见他们并不是像人们预想地那样走投无路。

And Rio has another big enemy: militias run by retired and off-duty police and fire officers now control as many favelas as the drug gangs.

而且，里约热内卢还有另一个大敌︰退休和休假警察与遭解职的官员现在组织民兵，他们控制的贫民窟数量与贩毒帮派一样多。

When asked to build housing for 100 families in Chile ten years ago, Alejandro Aravena looked to an unusual inspiration: the wisdom of favelas and slums.

当十年前被要求在智利为一百户家庭建造住房时，亚历山大·阿拉维那从一个不寻常的地方获得了灵感：棚户区和贫民窟中的智慧。

Rather than buying their clothes from predictable European fashion houses, they trawl the world for exotic designs from Brazilian favelas or South African townships.

人们不再从发布欧洲新款的店家购买服饰，而宁愿放眼全球去搜寻颇具异国风情的设计，比如来自巴西贫民窟和南非小镇上的风情。

Cidade de Deus had been chosen for Mr Obama's visit partly because its streets, flatter and wider than in many favelas, permitted his entrance in an armoured car.

之所以选择上帝之城，部分原因也是因为它的贫民窟里的街区较平坦宽阔，可以允许奥巴马乘坐着装甲汽车前行。

Chapeu Mangueira and Babilonia, twin favelas a 20-minute uphill scramble from Copacabana beach, are being rebuilt, with a clinic, nursery and a 24-hour police presence.

从科巴卡巴纳海滩往上走二十分钟的两个贫民窟Chapeu Mangueira和Babilonia正在重建，包含了医疗，托儿和24小时警察站岗。

I listen to a lot of music from south America, the kind of music that comes from the favelas of Argentina. it's the kind of music that you can't buy in the shops - it is very interesting.

我听许多来自南美的音乐，一种来自阿根廷贫民区的音乐。一种在商店里买不到的十分有趣的音乐。

De Mello's unit regularly engages in battles with heavily armed drug traffickers and its officers are often pictured in the local press dragging bodies out of the favelas in bloodied duvets.

梅洛所在的行动组有规律地参加对付全副武装毒贩的战斗，当地报纸经常登出这个单位的警官的照片：他们从贫民区拖出盖着血渍斑斑的棉被的尸体。