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 ...

In Brazil, 12 million families -- up to 60 million people -- live in slums, known as "favelas" in Portuguese, and 55 million people do not have access to a sewage system. Until now, the Catholic ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Hundreds of eager children on school field trips shuffled into the Rio zoo on a typically sunny morning two weeks ago. Heading for a stage where actors were about to put on a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Sixteen girls from one of Rio de Janeiro’s biggest slums have celebrated a fairy-tale evening in a debutante ball sponsored by local police. The 15-year-old girls from Mangueira ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to Rio de Janeiro slum residents on Thursday that new social and security projects would mark the end of years of state ...

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 ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Edmilson Venturelli has something different to offer slum kids accustomed to the gunfire, police sirens and gangsta rap that echo through the city's largest shantytown — Bee-thoven ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Like his house, Jose Santos de Oliveira is an island of resistance. The middle-aged gardener and his home stand amid the sea of rubble that remains of the slum community of ...

Gisele Bundchen has launched a model search across some of Brazil's most deprived areas. The 31-year-old supermodel returned to her native country to launch the initiative which aims at boosting 'slum ...

Rio police will boost their presence in a violent slum controlled by drug gangs as authorities crack down on crime in the final countdown to the World Cup, an official source said Tuesday. The source ...

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 ...