Rio de Janeiro, Brazil August 26, 2012 A gondola floats over the Complexo Alemao, a massive complex of favelas which was pacified in 2010 in a bloody police operation. The gondola system was installed to help residents get to trains and buses without having to negotiate the steep hills and difficult roads. Critics complained that the US$133 million dollars it cost to build the gondola could have been spent better.
Rio de Janeiro favelas
26/07/2013