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, ...
A portrait of the Brazilian singer Seu Jorge. LONDON, Nov. 10, 2008 -- Brazilian singer-actor Seu Jorge has accomplished what most of his peers could barely imagine. Born and raised in a violent and ...
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 ...
The government of Brazil sent 3,000 troops into Rocinha, the hillside shanty town overlooking Rio de Janeiro, in an effort to drive out crime and violence in advance of the 2014 World Cup. They ...
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 2016 Olympics are a long way off, but recurring violence has raised questions about the recent selection of Rio de Janeiro. During a shootout this weekend, 29 people were killed, including three ...
RIO DE JANEIRO -- In the favela, or slum, that served as a centerpiece of Pope Francis’ pilgrimage to Brazil, there was little sign Sunday that he’d ever been there. The St. Jeronimo Emiliano church ...
A woman sits next to a bagful of recycled aluminum cans in the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. More than 3,000 police and soldiers raced into Brazil's biggest slum on Sunday, gaining control ...
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