Soccer in South America is a staple, and a tournament by a soccer program based in Los Angeles is what's new in one community ...

This has led to the growth of shanty towns, which are called favelas in Brazil. Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located in the southern zone of the city. It is built on a steep ...

Rebeca Andrade grew up in a favela in the outskirts of Guarulhos, São Paulo — one of many overcrowded slums with houses that look like shacks near Brazil’s city centers. The gymnast says that ...

The country has turned into a vast inferno, with at least 11.3 million hectares devastated this year, almost 10 times the ...

Favelas cover Rio’s mounts Tourists usually try to run from Brazil’s Rio do Janeiro's notorious slums. Now officials headed by President Lula da Silva are inviting them to come and visit instead.

Stigma, violence, and social exclusion present significant barriers to achieving this. Urban communities such as Brazil’s favelas face harsh conditions of living, including poverty, violence, and ...

There were some who found the violent coming-of-age drama to be exploitative, fetishizing poverty and crime in the Brazilian favelas without digging deeper than misery. Wilson’s estranged ...

For a film its creator thought was, “this little low-budget film from Brazil,” the 2002 “City ... “COG” was set in a Rio favela, inspired by real events and now ranks among world cinema ...

Emerson Royal has insisted that he has joined AC Milan to play regularly and to win things, while he also spoke about his upbringing in the favelas of Brazil and life away from football. The 25 ...

Switzerland and Brazil, Netflix is launching dating reality show Love is Blind: Mexico on Thursday (Aug. 1), featuring a theme song by Joss Favela. That song is "Cosas Mágicas," a romantic single ...