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.

The CESEC study shows how the perpetual war between organized crime and police in the favelas, in addition to violence, has an insidious and often hidden impact on favela economies. Losses to ...

And favela residents often talk of people being ... Brazil’s police officers feel that they are fighting a war that they can only win through preemptive violence. The lack of training ...

Rio authorities said 16 suspected criminals were killed in confrontations with police in Complexo do Alemao favela, or low-income community, along with a police officer and a woman. The raid ...

Hymns and prayers from tiny church services spill into the night. It’s an ordinary Wednesday in Brazil’s biggest favela, or low-income neighborhood. And for the first time since poverty ...

"People who live here (the favela) usually go for the fastest options like fans or air conditioning, but we can create plants in our habitat," he said. "We can't put trees in the favela because ...