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.

hey I'm poor but thankfully not shanty town poor

Hi everybody. Does it aggravate anyone beside me that most of the questions nowadays are mostly about countries and rivers, etc.?

I saw favelas in Rio de Janero.

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