Housing
Rio de Janeiro's housing is fairly urbanized. Many people live in regular houses and high-rise buildings. However, there are many favelas (also spelled favella), slums. There is a lot of poverty in these types of areas. Various gangs involved in illegal drug trafficking and other similar activities. The cause of so many favelas in Rio is because of the vast population Rio has. There aren't enough resources for everyone so it leads to poverty and poor housing. From 1950 to 1980 the number of people living in favelas increased from 170,000 to 600,000. In Early 21st Century there were about 1,000 favelas. These houses in favelas are made of makeshift structures made from wood scraps and daub. The citizens of Rio weren't satisfied with this type of housing and caused riots and protests.
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Thousands of protesters took to the streets in Brazil's two biggest cities last night to demand better pay for teachers and affordable housing According to Daily News (South Africa) from World History in Context, in October 2013, teachers were mainly upset about this arrangement and had been on strike for a long time. They even had been on strike for more than two months! People gathered to support the teachers and ended up with around 4,000 protesters.
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Transportation
There are airports in Rio such as Caleo-Antonia Carlos Jobim and Santos Dumont Airport. This airport in particular has domestic and international services. Rio also has a port system with a large market area. It is currently the Brazil's leading ports by tons moved. For land travel there are buses, trucks (any automobile), railways but its service is somewhat limited. Bus services are the most popular form of public transportation. Rio built a subway in 1972 and the first station was opened in 1979 to show the development of an underground system so they can solve traffic congestion.
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