When you drive along the highway heading toward Rio de Janeiro’s airport in Brazil, you pass a huge neighborhood known as ...

In the Dreams favela, in the Brazilian city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Crislaine Fernandes da Silva strolls to work for her morning conference call. She works out of a shipping container that’s been ...

A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A raid of Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to ...

As part of its cleanup for the World Cup, in 2008 the Brazilian government began a police crackdown to sweep criminals out of the urban slums known as "favelas." The government has boasted of its ...

A resident drives his wagon down a street of the Sol Nascente favela of Brasilia, Brazil, Monday, March 20, 2023. Sol Nascente, which means Rising Sun, is now Brazil's most populous, and has unpaved, ...

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A resident stands on a platform on stilts at the Dique da Vila Gilda favela, in Santos, Sao Paulo state, Brazil, on June 10, 2021 – Copyright AFP Anthony WALLACE It ...

Despite ongoing social unrest and protests in Paris, the NFL is proceeding with the Steelers-Saints game on Oct. 25 as […] 'Maybe Even Better Than That': Maple Leafs' William Nylander Believes Auston ...