Three million people live in São Paulo's "urban border."
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In Rio de Janeiro the embattled city is taken as an expression of the urban crisis and, in São Paulo, as a problem of politics and prisons.
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For decades, Brazilian governments have expressed determination to conquer poverty and inequality, and some have spent a lot of money in the attempt