Tavares Bastos is a

favela Favela () is an umbrella name for several types of working-class neighborhoods in Brazil. The term was first used in the Providência neighborhood in the center of Rio de Janeiro in the late 19th century, which was built by soldiers who had ...

in the Catete neighborhood of

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. It is named after the Brazilian politician

Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos Aureliano Cândido Tavares Bastos ( – ) was a Brazilian politician, writer and journalist. He was a supporter of federalism within the Empire of Brazil. The familial surname is ''Tavares Bastos''. Early life Tavares Bastos was the firs ...

. The main access road is the ''Rua Tavares Bastos''. Many films have been filmed in the Tavares Bastos, including ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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" was also filmed in the favela. The favela used to be the only major city slum where drug trafficking or activities of militias were curtailed due to the presence of the headquarters of the

Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais Batalhão de Operações Policiais Especiais (BOPE) (; literally "Special Police Operations Battalion") or BOPE is the police tactical unit and gendarmerie of the Military Police of Rio de Janeiro State (''PMERJ'') in Brazil. Due to the nature ...

, the special police unit of the

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. This was described in the factual book ''

Elite da Tropa ''Elite da Tropa'' is a Brazilian book written by the ex-police officers André Batista and Rodrigo Pimentel together with Luiz Eduardo Soares. It was first published in 2006. The book originated the film ''Elite Squad''. Synopsis Based on real ...

'', which was made into the film ''

''.

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Neighbourhoods in Rio de Janeiro (city) {{RiodeJaneiro-geo-stub