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Südamerika, Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro, Complexo do Alemão, größte Favela in der Stadt.
Telepheric that linked the main communities in Complexo do Alemão, the biggest favela complex in Rio de Janeiro, extending over 11 communities. In 2012 it received 4 pacifying police units, an attempt by Rio's government the reclaim control of the community from heavily armed local drug gangs, in preparation for the World Cup and Olympics. But since then violence in the communities has only increased. In early 2017 the telepheric. Visiting the community at the time of the inauguration of the telepheric, a controversial project built before the soccer World Cup at a cost of close to US$ 40 million, Christine Lagarde, the president of the IMF, said she felt like in the Suiss Alps. In early 2017 the telepheric stopped operating and its stations now lie abandoned . © 2017 André Vieira / Agentur Focus