+ infoResidents walk by a building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, (IBGE), in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The IBGE has become home to hundreds of squatters.
+ infoJayanne Pessanha, right, smokes a cigarette while playing cards with neighbors in a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Pessanha, 20, said her sister died a few years ago after falling from an empty window, and her brother died when he hit his head during a fight.
Toddlers roam in diapers or even naked in an abandoned building in Rio de Janeiro that has become home to hundreds of squatters. Mounds of trash create pockets of stench in what used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.
Residents bathe in garbage containers filled with water and pass the time playing cards, smoking and watching television thanks to electricity illegally tapped from power lines.
The former federal building, known as IBGE, is just a short walk from iconic Maracana Stadium and has been occupied for several years, but an influx of recent arrivals underscores the fallout from Brazil’s worst economic crisis in decades.
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, a woman and youth use tall trash containers to shower outside their squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The World Bank estimates that between the start of 2016 and the end of this year, 2.5 million to 3.6 million Brazilians will have fallen back below the poverty line of 140 Brazilian reais per month, about $44 at current exchange rates. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
In this Sept. 11, 2017 photo, children play inside a squatter building that used to house the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) in the Mangueira slum of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Budgetary pressures and the conservative policies of President Michel Temer are translating into cuts in social services, including the "Bolsa Familia" program that gives monthly small subsidies to qualifying low-income people. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
