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Catete: Emerging From the Shadows

By Doug Gray, Senior Contributing Reporter

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When it comes to naming the most fashionable neighborhoods in the city, there are few that would utter the word 'Catete' in any such discussions. Perched on the back of Glória, along from Largo do Machado and squeezed in between favela-strewn hillside and the thundering main road of the Aterro, on the surface there aren't any immediately obvious redeeming features.

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