Experiencing life in one of the country's many slums, a jumble of community, poverty, friendship, and simple living united around their love — for each other, for God, and for soccer.

Their makeshift living conditions again were a reminder of the "favela" hills. The term eventually stuck. The Rocinha favela near Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 3, 2016.

On rooftops. Eight people inside houses. One person was shot and killed in the bedroom of an 8-year-old girl. In Brazil, ... a densely populated favela of 36,000 people.

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 ...

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 ...

This Brazilian Journalist Is Giving Favela Residents a Voice Rene Silva, Brazil. By Ciara Nugent May 23, 2023 8:00 AM EDT. T he story of the start of Voz das ...