It has recently been suggested that a wall be built around Rio de Janeiro's notorious shantytowns. It would have the same purpose as that infamous wall that once divided Berlin, and the wall that Israel is building to cut itself off from the Palestinian territories: to isolate people. In Rio, the people who would be isolated are the denizens of the city's vast and crime-infested favelas .
It has recently been suggested that a wall be built around Rio de Janeiro's notorious shantytowns. It would have the same purpose as that infamous wall that once divided Berlin, and the wall that Israel is building to cut itself off from the Palestinian territories: to isolate people. In Rio, the people who would be isolated are the denizens of the city's vast and crime-infested favelas .