It's as if the 13 million people who live in slums in Brazil don't exist. There's been no policy to look after the country's favelas, we're being left to fend for ourselves." The residents are ...

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The umbrella term included not just favelas — most commonly associated with dense, hillside neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro — but also a slew of other terms employed across Brazil, like ...

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 ...

"He ripped the flag away from us," Abacaxi told DW in Rio. "The Brazilian aesthetic disappeared from the favelas, Brazil's ...

The revenue generated in the Paint, Wallpaper & Supplies market in Brazil amounted to US$2.09bn in 2024. It is projected that the market will experience an annual growth rate of -0.10% (CAGR 2024 ...

Writer: Jonathan Bell, Alix Biehler. Ellie Stathaki is the Architecture & Environment Director at Wallpaper*. She trained as an architect at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece and ...

Listen to the documentary Lethal force in Rio's favelas Brazil's racial reckoning: 'Black lives matter here, too' According to local news, the gang targeted in this raid engages in drug ...

An Australian man who went viral in Brazil for befriending gangsters in Rio de Janeiro’s most dangerous favela says he wants to use his notoriety to help children he met in the slum. Hugo Cary ...

During the recent visit of Israeli president Shimon Peres, Brazil signed a contract for ... and the drug cartels operating mostly in the favelas, where millions of Brazilians live, next to the ...

X said late on Thursday that it expected Moraes to order a shutdown "soon" after a court-imposed deadline expired for the company to identify a legal representative in Brazil. Earlier this year ...

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 ...