Indyplus video: Cable car at Alemao slum in Rio de Janeiro

Friday 09 August 2013 14:04 EDT

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Now it is possible to visit Brazil's Alemo slum, once the stronghold of the most dangerous criminal drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro, now changing rapidly three years after it was liberated by Brazil's security forces. Watch a video of a ride on a cable car that connects the favela with the centre of the city:

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