SOL NASCENTE, Brazil (AP) — The buzzing main avenue of this poor Brazilian neighborhood is filled with people popping off buses after work or grabbing a bite. Teens attend an open-air rap battle and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead ...

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 ...

The 2025 United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP30, opens tomorrow in Belem, Brazil. Ahead of the official meetings, community members from Rio's favelas, its lowest-income neighborhoods, have ...

Fly over the favelas of Rio de Janeiro with breathtaking 4K drone footage, capturing the unique landscapes, colorful houses, and vibrant life from above. Experience a bird’s-eye view of one of ...

Explore the shanty towns of Río Janeiro and their role in the city's cultural history. The shanty towns of Río Janeiro play a pivotal role in the city's cultural history. They are home to a rich ...

Brazilian chef Ana Lucia Costa cooks meals to be donated to low-income families in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's biggest favela - Copyright AFP CHANDAN KHANNA Brazilian ...

In September, as a heat wave pushed temperatures in Brazil to record heights, a few dozen volunteers in yellow and blue hard hats carefully installed a rectangular array of panels onto the roof of a ...

Hundreds of Rio's military police officers patrolled the streets of Rio's largest favela, Jacarezinho. Residents in Rio de Janeiro’s marginalized favelas are contending with a new government plan ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 10 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - 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 ...

The award-winning social entrepreneur will launch a new fund aimed at technology businesses from Brazilian slums. One of Brazil's best-known social entrepreneurs, Celso Athayde, is at the cusp of a ...