RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — After I signed up for a trip into Latin America’s largest favela, I became nervous.
Favelas, a word normally translated as slums, have a history of chaos, violence, despair and religion — forces portrayed to shocking effect in acclaimed movies such as Elite Force and The City of God.
Stories abound about the murder of innocents in the thousands of favelas that pepper Latin America. Drug wars. Bleak poverty. Kids
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