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Security & Strategic Review - June 2025
BRAZIL: Plan to demolish São Paulo favela proves controversial
From the point of view of the São Paulo state government, the central zone of the state capital is an area rife with crime, homelessness, and drug addiction. The solution of São Paulo’s governor Tarcísio de Freitas is to revitalise the centre of São Paulo city with real estate developments and a new urban park. However, in the centre of Brazil’s largest city is the Moinho favela, home to nearly 900 families. The state and federal governments have agreed on a plan to relocate the people of Moinho, but the process of reaching this deal was marked by weeks of tension between the police and favela residents.
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