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Claire Fluss maintains that the work of the Brazilian nongovernmental organization, Viva Rio, is not only improving life in Brazil's favelas or slums, but it has also helped change the image other Brazilians have of favelas as havens of drugs and violence. ICTs and the portal Viva Rio operates have been key instruments in this transformation. (See: www.vivafavela.com)

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