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 ...

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 ...

Paraisópolis, one of São Paulo’s largest favelas, rises up the hillside in a dense, improvised sprawl. Homes stand shoulder to shoulder, some painted in bright colors, others left in bare brick.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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 ...

The "often-stigmatised territories" of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing a tourist boom, and it's pumping cash into low-income communities. View on euronews ...

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"My boyfriend had the idea of renting my apartment, but I wasn't convinced," says Milvvia Goncalves, who put her two-bedroom home in Rio's Cantagalo neighborhood on Airbnb. "I thought who's going to ...