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 ...

Joao Fonseca only broke into the world's top 100 earlier this year - but is already known by superstar footballers and wanted ...

The U.S. State Department reissued its Level 2 travel advisory for Brazil on Thursday. Americans traveling to ... informal housing developments such as favelas, vilas, comunidades or conglomerados and ...

If you have been to Rio de Janeiro’ beaches, this probably sounds familiar: samba music drifting from a nearby kiosk, ...

Liverpool celebrate their Premier League winning-season with an open-top bus parade through the city.

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In his new BBC series, the ex-professional footballer speaks to young men involved in criminality, from favelas in Brazil to gangs in Sweden. And he also explores other topics like rhino poaching ...

Brazilian designer Abacaxi is on a mission to reclaim the national flag from its recent political connotations and celebrate the vibrant culture of the favelas. Brazil's flag served as an emblem ...

"The Brazilian aesthetic disappeared from the favelas, Brazil's dense urban neighborhoods, when Bolsonaro became president." This is precisely what he is trying to change with his fashion label Piña.

A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, the biggest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro and one of the most impoverished and violent. One of its ...

The passinho, a dance style created in the 2000s by kids in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, was declared in March to be an “intangible cultural heritage” by legislators in the state of Rio ...