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Contrast between poor house in Favela Santa Marta and middle-class buildings of Botafogo quarter in the south zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - domestic satellite television receiving dishes are common in Rio favelas. Since 2008 Santa Marta has a Pacifying Police Unit ( Unidade de Polícia Pacificadora, also translated as Police Pacification Unit ), abbreviated UPP, a law enforcement and social services program which aims at reclaiming territories, more commonly favelas, controlled by gangs of drug dealers.