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As the family moved through the shantytown’s narrow streets, gunfire erupted.
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Late one night in Payatas, a shantytown near a garbage dump in Manila’s outskirts, Santiago knocked on the door of a funeral office.
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Named for the Uto-Aztecan word for green, the property immerses guests in nature and local culture at every turn, appearing to all but dissolve into the emerald jungle and volcanic cliffs of the Sierra Madre.
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The new species was found in the jungles on Malaysia's part of Borneo, a large island known for its biodiverse rainforests.
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Yolanda Reyes is an administrative assistant at Baby's Space, which is just blocks away from the encampment.
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Officers found the 9-foot-tall, 1,500-pound bronze figure about a mile away, near the intersection of Coyote Creek and Five Wounds Trail – around the Jungle, which was once the city’s largest homeless encampment.
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There's also the time he got lost in a favela in Brazil with a carful of German fans.
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But soccer enthusiast Rafael Gomes says that the reality of life in the favela has sometimes caught up with them.
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“Hooverville.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Hooverville. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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