The mayhem in the favela of nearly 200,000 people reflects a national plague. Brazil suffered a record 61,000 violent deaths in 2016, a figure greater than the estimated loss of life that year in ...

The favela – home to an estimated 100,000 people — remained tense in the days that followed, echoing sporadically to the sound of gunfire, and also fireworks set off by the gangsters to warn ...

The term eventually stuck. The Rocinha favela near Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 3, 2016. DEAN LEWINS / EPA 2. Favelas grew because of migration into the city.

On Sunday, rabid fans filled Rio’s de Janeiro’s Maracanã Stadium for Argentina’s World Cup clash against Bosnia-Herzegovina. The match was also a showcase for the $500 million, three-year ...

But less than 1% of the favela’s population is involved in violence. When you’re inside, you feel the other 99%: peace-loving, hardworking people.