Once notorious no-go areas, Rio's sprawling favelas are now drawing more tourists than some of its most famous monuments. But ...

Once considered dangerous no-go zones, Rio de Janeiro’s favelas are now attracting huge numbers of international tourists ...

From Thailand to Jordan, from Brazil to Germany, new approaches to housing are quietly taking shape. Residents of informal ...

SOL NASCENTE, Brazil (AP) — 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 ...

Deep inside São Paulo lies Paraisópolis — one of Brazil’s most infamous favelas, where gang control, drug trafficking, police ...

As soon as the novel coronavirus pandemic emerged in Brazil, grassroots organizers decided on creative strategies to raise awareness in the favelas. Brazil has 13.6 million people living in favelas, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead ...

In September, as a heat wave pushed temperatures in Brazil to record heights, a few dozen volunteers in yellow and blue hard hats carefully installed a rectangular array of panels onto the roof of a ...

Explore the shanty towns of Río Janeiro and their role in the city's cultural history. The shanty towns of Río Janeiro play a pivotal role in the city's cultural history. They are home to a rich ...

Ian Cheibub for NPR It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Arará favela and volunteers were preparing plants to be placed on Reginaldo Gomes da Silva’s roof. Students from both ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...

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