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 ...

They are very internet savvy, very cell phone savvy. Everyone has a cell phone. Favelas in Rio de Janeiro goes back 150 years to Brazil's wars, bloody conflicts, including an international war with ...

It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro's Parque Arará favela and volunteers were preparing plants to be placed on Reginaldo Gomes da Silva's roof. Students from both the neighborhood ...

Ever wonder what it feels like to soar over paradise? Welcome to Brazil, seen from above. From the arms of Christ the ...

Show more Show less A Military Police officer patrols a street in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela inRio de Janeiro Military Police patrol a street in the Cidade de Deus (City of God) favela in ...

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A group of girls and young women gathered early Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Manguinhos neighborhood to watch the Brazilian team compete in the Women’s World Cup and pray for a win in ...

Temps soar in Brazil's summer (from December to March). Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a... Cooling green roofs seemed like an impossible dream ...