Brazil stops using subnormal to denote its favelas thehindu.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thehindu.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Starting in the 1990s, the national statistics and geography institute, known by its Portuguese acronym IBGE, began using “subnormal agglomerates” to describe places with irregular occupation and deficient public services.
Brazil acknowledges power of words, makes change | Daily Journal of Commerce djcoregon.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from djcoregon.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Brazil s statistics and geography institute will start using “favelas and urban communities” to describe thousands of poor urban neighborhoods. The institute has used “subnormal agglomerates” since the 1990s. But that s
16 million people live in neighborhoods Brazil calls subnormal The country is finally changing the name adn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from adn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.