A state police operation targeting a major drug gang in Brazil has resulted in the deaths of 132 people in low-income ...

BRAZILIAN police have been accused of decapitating a teenage gangster and hanging his head from a tree like a trophy in a ...

At least 132 people died in a massive police operation against a crime syndicate in the Brazilian coastal metropolis of Rio ...

Andre Dread was on his rounds handing out food parcels to poor families in City of God, one of Brazil's most notorious slums, in May when the familiar sound of gunfire from a police raid sent him ...

In this Brazilian favela, a dense hodgepodge of humble cinderblock homes filled with some of Rio de Janeiro's poorest residents, the indigenous people whose cultures predate recorded history are ...

The raid is already being called the most lethal police action in the history of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

A resident is framed by laundry hanging out to dry in the Paraisopolis favela, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.) Listen SÃO PAULO – After years of economic ...

HELIOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) - Hundreds of houses painted in a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours line the main streets of Sao Paulo's largest slum -- turning what was once a grim, grey landscape into a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 10 (Reuters) - When coronavirus hit and tourists stopped coming to Thiago Firmino's Rio de Janeiro favela tour, he decided to act. Unwilling to wait for officials to react, he ...

Need a place to stay for the World Cup? NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Elliot Rosenberg of Favela Experience, a company that offers inexpensive... Favela Experience, For A Taste Of Authentic Brazilian ...

Tonight (10), Edu Lyra will see the first major milestone of his plan to attract capital in the United States to advance an agenda of digital transformation to change realities of slums (favelas) ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — They huddle in a tight circle, shaking seed-filled maracas and shuffling in time to a rhythm that has pulsed through their tribes for generations. The dancers raise their voices ...