'Frete humano', cadeira 'samuzinho', skate para paraplégico e Carteiro Amigo são iniciativas numa comunidade onde 81,9% vivem ...

Passinho or “little step” began with small groups performing at parties inside Rio’s favelas, but has since spread, helping to break the stigma of the communities usually known for violence and drug ...

November 25 was a colorful day here in Rocinha. That’s an understatement. It was perhaps the most colorful day in the history of favelas (Brazilian slums), because that festive Sunday marked the first ...

The favela of Rocinha, in south Rio, often referred to as one of the largest in Latin America, is inaugurating its new selective collection center Rocinha Recicla (“Rocinha recycles”) today (Jun 8), ...

Lamine Yamal is LIVING. On vacation in Brazil, the Barcelona star has been doing it all. After playing footvolley with Neymar, visiting tourist spots, going to the market... Yamal played soccer with ...

Rio de Janeiro has officially inaugurated an elite pacifying police force (UPP) in Rocinha favela, the site of a power struggle by rival traffickers, just a week after a police officer was shot dead ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — High on a hill in South America’s largest slum, Samantha Almeida startled at the latest volley of gunfire. It was close. Too close. She knew she had to get her girls moving. The ...

Illegal and unplanned settlements will grow in cities everywhere as urbanization accelerates. Digital technology can help residents connect to services they need. Finding your way through Rocinha in ...

Rio de Janeiro police shot and killed a Spanish woman after she and other tourists allegedly drove through a blockade near the city’s largest shantytown, according to the city’s military police.

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