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 ...

Rio has long lured visitors to its splashy seaside resorts and colorful communities, from Copacabana to Ipanema. But spectators watching the Olympics this summer will be hearing a cultural term used ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A raid of Rio de Janeiro’s largest complex of shantytowns that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — 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 ...

SOL NASCENTE, Brazil — 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 ...

When armoured cars rolled into Brazil’s largest favela in September, furtively followed by hundreds of soldiers, it was just another episode of a long-running drama which plays out across Rio de ...

As YOU WALK down Rua Teixeira Ribeiro, a commercial avenue in the Complexo da Maré, Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela, you barely notice the open-air drug markets guarded by teens with AK-47s. There are ...