Dados do Censo do IBGE divulgados nesta sexta-feira (5) mostram que mais de 3 milhões de moradores de favelas vivem em ruas ...

O setor habitacional do Sol Nascente, no Distrito Federal, voltou a superar a Rocinha, no Rio de Janeiro, e se tornou a maior ...

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 18 (efe_epa).Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug 18 (efe_epa). — The millions of dollars pumped into the Rio Olympics has helped provide the hundreds of international athletes with ...

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 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 ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Since the outbreak of ...

One of Brazil’s largest favelas has been under siege for more than a week as two rival crime groups battle for territorial control, illustrating shifting criminal dynamics in the city and raising ...

Brazil's army says it's dispatching nearly 1,000 troops to the country's largest shanty-town – or "favela" – in the hope of ending a wave of deadly violence that began nearly one week ago. This ...

Reporting from SAO PAULO, Brazil — Violence over the weekend in Rio de Janeiro that left at least 13 dead seeped into a new week when a man was killed Monday during a military police operation, ...