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 ...
Rocinha, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, is, according to official data, the largest of Brazil’s more than 12,000 favelas, or inner-city communities. It has a population of just over 72,000, and the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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