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 ...

Dozens of kids and teenagers from Rio de Janeiro's Mare ... Mare is one of Rio's most populous favelas, with about 130,000 residents. “Some policemen invade our houses. They turn things upside ...

It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro's Parque Arará favela and volunteers were ... fast approaching — it starts in December in Brazil — and Gomes da Silva was already worried ...

Kids wore Brazil jerseys and dreamed of becoming soccer ... Now, Abacaxi wants to take the "Brazil look" back to its origins: ...