United by grief, mothers in Brazil demand reparations after police killed their sons - A group of Brazilian mothers whose ...

The military has also been deployed next to Mare, one of the city's largest favelas, with armoured vehicles and soldiers standing by in several points along the road. The colourful walls block the ...

CU Boulder sociologist Molly Todd finds that community newspapers were vital for people living in Brazil’s favelas during the COVID-19 pandemic When the COVID-19 pandemic hit Rio de Janeiro in early ...

When Brazilian João Victor Gonçalves began playing soccer in one of Rio de Janeiro ’s poorest and most violent favelas, little did he know the game would one day allow him to ...

Brazilian chef Ana Lucia Costa cooks meals to be donated to low-income families in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro’s biggest favela – Copyright AFP CHANDAN KHANNA ...

In September, as a heat wave pushed temperatures in Brazil to record heights, a few dozen volunteers in yellow and blue hard hats carefully installed a rectangular array of panels onto the roof of a ...

Explore the shanty towns of Río Janeiro and their role in the city's cultural history. The shanty towns of Río Janeiro play a pivotal role in the city's cultural history. They are home to a rich ...

Temps soar in Brazil's summer (from December to March). Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a... Cooling green roofs seemed like an impossible dream ...

In the Dreams favela, in the Brazilian city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Crislaine Fernandes da Silva strolls to work for her morning conference call. She works out of a shipping container that’s been ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...

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