By Georgia Grimond, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – The two favela neighborhoods of Babilônia and Chapéu Mangueira occupy a privileged position along Copacabana’s coastline. Nestling at the top of the steep sides of the Morro da Babilônia (Babylon Hill), the communities look down over Leme at the north end of Copacabana beach, behind to Botafogo and out to Urca, Sugar Loaf and Guanabara Bay.
The area was first occupied by the Brazilian army who built a look-out post high up on the hill at the end of the nineteenth century. Soldiers built makeshift . . .
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