Plan for the homeless I hear people discussing homelessness and their theories on helping. It’s a difficult situation and in ...

Operation Containment in Rio’s favelas, particularly Complexo do Alemão and Penha, led to at least 121 deaths—many allegedly ...

WELCOME to the crack-infested slums you won't see this week when Brazil launches World Cup soccer far from the shanty towns where executions are common. That's because the cameras will be focused on ...

Brazil was not amused to see itself in a five-part LIFE Magazine study of Latin America last spring. Photographer Gordon Parks had paid a visit to a Rio de Janeiro favela, or slum, and recorded with ...

Who says fighters can’t be role models? Atop UFC Rio, Charles Oliveira prevailed with a second-round face crank of Mateusz Gamrot. The Ultimate Fighting Championship’s all-time leader in post-fight ...

Tuesday-night party Favela Chic is very much a misnomer, considering favela is Portuguese for slum. There is nothing chic about a place where gang activity, drug trade, and shanty houses are the norm.

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Sauntering through the busy streets filled with beautiful pottery, fine leather, exquisite puppetry, and sparkling sarees, I came across a man sitting by the side of the road. Noticing I was by myself ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Favela Wars War for drug territory is raging in Rio de Janeiro between Police and Dealers. Neither will be satisfied until the last slum is occupied. Choose ...

Charles Oliveira (35-10, 1 NC) is recognized as an elite MMA fighter today, but his road to a UFC contract was anything but the path of least resistance. Growing up in the slums of Brazil, known as ...

Over the past few months, the world has witnessed the Trump administration's increasingly hardline stance on immigration result in visitors getting detained for weeks, people being sent to El ...