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In this September 9, 2017 photo, residents sit in a corridor inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Despite the hardscrabble existence, there is a strong sense of community among the hundreds of people occupying the building. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 9, 2017 photo, residents sit in a corridor inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Despite the hardscrabble existence, there is a strong sense of community among the hundreds of people occupying the building. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 9, 2017 photo, a girl runs through a corridor inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), where hundreds of squatters live in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some people moved here with their children after losing their jobs and couldn’t make rent. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 9, 2017 photo, a girl runs through a corridor inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), where hundreds of squatters live in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Some people moved here with their children after losing their jobs and couldn’t make rent. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 11, 2017 photo, Jayanne Pessanha, left, and Yara Andrade, kiss in their room in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Those who are here have faith. They have faith that they will leave this place”, said Pessanha. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 11, 2017 photo, Jayanne Pessanha, left, and Yara Andrade, kiss in their room in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. “Those who are here have faith. They have faith that they will leave this place”, said Pessanha. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 14, 2017 photo, residents look out from a balcony inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the campaign trail, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promises both a return to better economic times and refocusing on the poor. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 14, 2017 photo, residents look out from a balcony inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On the campaign trail, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promises both a return to better economic times and refocusing on the poor. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 11, 2017 photo, children play inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Budgetary pressures and the conservative policies of President Michel Temer are translating into cuts in social services, including the “Bolsa Familia” program that gives monthly small subsidies to qualifying low-income people. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 11, 2017 photo, children play inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Budgetary pressures and the conservative policies of President Michel Temer are translating into cuts in social services, including the “Bolsa Familia” program that gives monthly small subsidies to qualifying low-income people. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



This September 10, 2017 photo shows a night view of the Mangueira slum, seen from a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IGBE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A confluence of factors is raising the specter that this continent-sized nation, which has one of the world’s largest economies, has lost its way in addressing vast inequalities that go back to colonial times. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

This September 10, 2017 photo shows a night view of the Mangueira slum, seen from a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics IGBE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A confluence of factors is raising the specter that this continent-sized nation, which has one of the world’s largest economies, has lost its way in addressing vast inequalities that go back to colonial times. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 14, 2017 photo, young women pose for a photo inside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many lower-middle class Brazilians who gained ground during the boom years have since slid back closer to the poverty line. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 14, 2017 photo, young women pose for a photo inside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Many lower-middle class Brazilians who gained ground during the boom years have since slid back closer to the poverty line. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 12, 2017 photo, residents walk by a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, (IBGE), in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The IBGE has become home to hundreds of squatters. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 12, 2017 photo, residents walk by a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, (IBGE), in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The IBGE has become home to hundreds of squatters. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 16, 2017 photo, Leticia, 15, smokes a cigarette inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The squatter building is just a short walk from iconic Maracana Stadium. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 16, 2017 photo, Leticia, 15, smokes a cigarette inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The squatter building is just a short walk from iconic Maracana Stadium. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 10, 2017 photo, a man stands inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electricity comes from illegally tapped power lines. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 10, 2017 photo, a man stands inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electricity comes from illegally tapped power lines. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 9, 2017 photo, young women and a toddler look out the empty window of what used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), where hundreds of squatters live in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An influx of recent arrivals to the former federal building which has been occupied for several years underscores the fallout from Brazil’s worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 9, 2017 photo, young women and a toddler look out the empty window of what used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), where hundreds of squatters live in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. An influx of recent arrivals to the former federal building which has been occupied for several years underscores the fallout from Brazil’s worst economic crisis in decades. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 14, 2017 photo, a boy rides his bike inside the building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The trend of Brazilians emerging from poverty has been reversed over the last two years due to the deepest recession in Brazil’s history and cuts to the subsidy programs. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 14, 2017 photo, a boy rides his bike inside the building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The trend of Brazilians emerging from poverty has been reversed over the last two years due to the deepest recession in Brazil’s history and cuts to the subsidy programs. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 11, 2017 photo, children play as a man fills a small plastic pool with water at a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Economists say that high unemployment and cuts to key social welfare programs could exacerbate some Brazilians' slide back into poverty. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 11, 2017 photo, children play as a man fills a small plastic pool with water at a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Economists say that high unemployment and cuts to key social welfare programs could exacerbate some Brazilians' slide back into poverty. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 16, 2017 photo, Jayanne Pessanha, right, smokes a cigarette while playing cards with neighbors in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pessanha, 20, said her sister died a few years ago after falling from an empty window, and her brother died when he hit his head during a fight. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 16, 2017 photo, Jayanne Pessanha, right, smokes a cigarette while playing cards with neighbors in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pessanha, 20, said her sister died a few years ago after falling from an empty window, and her brother died when he hit his head during a fight. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 9, 2017 photo, a woman stands at the entrance of her home inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil’s “boom” decade is eroding, with millions of its people returning to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 9, 2017 photo, a woman stands at the entrance of her home inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Brazil’s “boom” decade is eroding, with millions of its people returning to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 14, 2017 photo, Luciana Bastos sits in her room with her girls as they watch television inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), now occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bastos, 30, recently moved here with her husband and two daughters after they both lost their jobs and couldn’t make rent. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 14, 2017 photo, Luciana Bastos sits in her room with her girls as they watch television inside a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), now occupied by hundreds of people in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Bastos, 30, recently moved here with her husband and two daughters after they both lost their jobs and couldn’t make rent. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 11, 2017 photo, a woman and youth use tall trash containers to shower outside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Bank estimates that between the start of 2016 and the end of this year, 2.5 million to 3.6 million Brazilians will have fallen back below the poverty line of 140 Brazilian reais per month, about $44 at current exchange rates. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 11, 2017 photo, a woman and youth use tall trash containers to shower outside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Bank estimates that between the start of 2016 and the end of this year, 2.5 million to 3.6 million Brazilians will have fallen back below the poverty line of 140 Brazilian reais per month, about $44 at current exchange rates. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 11, 2017 photo, a girl holds her cigarette inside a small bar where a woman gets a tattoo on her leg at a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For many who live in Rio’s slums, an already hardscrabble existence feels increasingly precarious as Brazil sees millions return to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 11, 2017 photo, a girl holds her cigarette inside a small bar where a woman gets a tattoo on her leg at a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. For many who live in Rio’s slums, an already hardscrabble existence feels increasingly precarious as Brazil sees millions return to poverty amid recession, corruption and cuts to social welfare programs. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)



In this September 10, 2017 photo, children slide on a puddle near trash as they play in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Toddlers roam in the abandoned building where mounds of trash create pockets of stench. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)

In this September 10, 2017 photo, children slide on a puddle near trash as they play in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Toddlers roam in the abandoned building where mounds of trash create pockets of stench. (Photo by Felipe Dana/AP Photo)
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