who have set up a shop at the entrance of the nation’s biggest hospital. He is puzzled by the fact that the vendors are granted permits to sell things like vegetables, snacks and sausages at the entrance. “I do not object to people trying to make a living”, said MP Pawiroredjo, who added that the entrance at the AZP is starting to look like what is known in Brazil as a favela. The legislator from the coalition pointed out that “this is what happens when spatial planning and city regulations are not taken seriously”. In Brazil a favela is an informal urban settlement that is built without oversight from public authority and is typically located within or on the outskirts of the country’s large cities, especially Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. Favelas vary widely in size, population density, and infrastructure, but they are generally characterized by self-built housing, incremental construction, and limited access historically and currently to state-provided services and land tenure contracts. MP Pawiroredjo had previously complained about the noise pollution that is produced in residential areas by party buses. He pointed out that he often cannot fall asleep because of the noisy party buses. MP Pawiroredjo also disapproved of the garbage that is left behind by revelers in the inner city during the weekends.