Favela is the term used for a shanty town in which part of the world?

Actually favela is a word in Portuguese . It’s used in Brazil. The Spanish speaking countries in South America ( basically all the rest) use other terms such as Cantegrill, villa, villa miseria etc.

Nani, Unfortunately there is a growing number of nice American cities neglected by political officials, that have been turned into Villa Miseries

I saw favelas in Rio de Janero.

hey I'm poor but thankfully not shanty town poor

Kinda' looks like Baltimore...

I've not been to South America

When we went to the Dominican Republic, we left to go to the airport at 6:30 a.m. and we saw many a shanty town.