Brazil Slide Series: Collection Brasilia, Slide No. 0096.

Creator

Herbert Knup
Jon M. Tolman
Siegfried Muhlhausser

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Publication Date

March 2009

Description

Numerous migrants that have arrived in the Federal District have been forced to live in large slum areas in the "satellite cities," such as this one in Ceilandia. The number of jobs in Brasília are limited and the recent economic crisis has not improved the situation, yet the migrants continue to come in hope of a better life. The population in the Federal oistrict has become zoned by income, though favelas also exist in Brasília.Grande número e migrantes que têm chegado ao Distrito Federal tem sido forçado a vi ver em grandes áres de favelas nas "cidades-satélite", tais como esta, em Ceilândia. O número de empregos em Brasília é limitado, e a recente crise económica não melhorou a situação, embora os migrantes continuem a vir, na esperança de uma vida melhor. A população do Distrito Federal tem se localizado em zonas caracterizadas pelo poder económico, embora as favelas também existam em Brasília.

Publisher

Latin American and Iberian Institute / University of New Mexico

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Brazil Slide Series Collection: This article is copyrighted by the Latin American & Iberian Institute (LAII) of the University of New Mexico. Rights permission is for standard academic, non-commercial, use of these materials. Proper citation of this material should include title, author, publisher, date, and URL. Copyright Latin American and Iberian Institute University of New Mexico 1993