A walk through Rio de Janeiro’s Vidigal favela is a full sensory experience on any given day. The smell of grilled meat mixes with that of exhaust from motorcycle taxis traversing the slum’s corridors ...
Brazilian security forces have occupied a Rio de Janeiro favela in a bid to remove drug gangs from the city ahead of the World Cup this summer. In a dawn raid on Sunday, police swarmed the Mare slum, ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death. Rio de Janeiro's police department says officer ...
Brazil is a flourishing democracy and regional superpower, with a robust annual growth rate and the world’s eighth-largest economy. Yet its favelas have remained stark symbols of lawlessness, gross ...
More than 2,000 Brazilian soldiers stormed into a Rio de Janeiro slum complex Saturday with armored personnel carriers and helicopters in a bid to improve security two months before the start of the ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two documentaries set in Brazil that premiered last week at New York's Tribeca film festival take a raw look at how destitute Brazilian families grapple with hardships including ...
The neighborhood carried a reputation long before we arrived. Inside, daily life revolved around caution and survival. The transcript showed how normal routines adapted to constant risk. It revealed ...