Brazilian military police have killed the leader of a drug trafficking group in a Rio de Janeiro favela as well as two other suspected criminals.

Amnesty International Brazil criticized the Rio government ... “Until when will the peripheral, favela, and black population of Rio have to put up with the policy of war that guides the Rio ...

The number of households in Sol Nascente has swelled 31% since 2010 to more than 32,000, surpassing Rio's hillside Rocinha favela that had been Brazil’s most populous, according to preliminary ...

Brazil's government has pledged $1.7bn (£850m) to improve conditions in Rio de Janeiro's huge shantytowns, or favelas, in an effort to beat organised crime. More than one million people live in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO ... who coordinates the project. Houses in Brazil's informal working-class communities known as favelas are often built closely together, using scrap metal for roofs.

A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, one of Rio ... Brazil has more than 100 professional women's soccer teams, with other players living in ...

"He ripped the flag away from us," Abacaxi told DW in Rio. "The Brazilian aesthetic disappeared from the favelas, Brazil's dense urban neighborhoods, when Bolsonaro became president." This is ...

Cassiano is the founder of Teto Verde Favela, a nonprofit that teaches ... Jessica Tapre repairs a green roof in a bus stop in Benfica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. That is, until Cassiano decided ...