Question: where are the favelas located in rio de janeiro

title: Favela
text: The mass urban migration to Rio de Janeiro in the 1950s resulted in the proliferation of favelas across the urban terrain . In order to deal with the `` favela problem '' ( Portes 1979 , pp. 5 ) , the state implemented a full - scale favela removal program in the 1960s and 1970s that resettled favelados to the periphery of the city ( Oliveira 1996 ) . According to Anthony ( 2013 ) , some of the most brutal favela removals in Rio de Janeiro 's history occurred during this period . The military regime of the time provided limited resources to support the transition and favelados struggled to adapt to their new environments that were effectively ostracised communities of poorly built housing , inadequate infrastructure and lacking in public transport connections ( Portes 1979 ) . Perlman ( 2006 ) points to the state 's failure in appropriately managing the favelas as the main reason for the rampant violence , drugs and gang problems that ensued in the communities in the following years . The creation of BOPE ( Special Police Operations Battalion ) in 1978 was the government 's response to this violence ( Pino 1997 ) . BOPE , in their all black military ensemble and weaponry , was Rio 's attempt to confront violence with an equally opposing entity .