Brazil has launched what it calls a social summit ahead of next week’s Group of 20 meeting of the top economies.
The government says it will integrate intelligence systems between investigative agencies to cross-refer data on crimes. It ...
In other words, eight out of every 100 people live in these areas. Brazil is reported to have a total of 12,348 favelas.
FORGOTTEN superstar Adriano has gone from scoring in a World Cup to drinking himself “into oblivion” in Rio’s favelas. The ...
Recent census data reveals a stark reality: favelas, or informal settlements, are growing at an alarming rate. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE reports that 16.4 million ...
CDC supports the Health Connection project in Maré, a large informal urban community (also known as a ‘favela’ or ‘slum’) in ...
Five favelas were targeted by around 1,300 police and 3,600 troops in a sweep starting at 4 a.m., the Rio state security service said in a statement. Their main goal was to stop gangs behind a ...
A judge has handed down long sentences to two former police officers for the 2018 murder of Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman ...
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping during the upcoming G20 summit in Brazil next week, dpa ...
A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums) has left at least seven people dead after gunfights between law enforcement officers and suspected criminals ...