When Brazilian João Victor Gonçalves began playing soccer in one of Rio de Janeiro ’s poorest and most violent favelas, ...

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 ...

When the coronavirus first emerged, it seemed like a distant threat to Brazil and the country’s sprawling and impoverished favelas. But as the virus spreads across the South American nation, one ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A raid of Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas that left at least 18 people dead has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to ...

Just before Adriel Favela‘s album Cosas Del Diablo drops at midnight, the Mexican-American singer-songwriter is throwing one giant celebration in the video for “Contigo No Fue,” an upbeat blast of a ...

A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A police operation Thursday targeting gang members in Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas, or low-income communities, left at least 18 people dead in one of the deadliest ...

Maria Favela will return to the Invicta FC cage on Sept. 20 for a bantamweight clash with Maria Djukic. Regardless of the outcome of that fight, Favela has already scored the biggest win of her life.

Adriel Favela, the young singer and composer of regional Mexican music who’s known for his traditional fare as well as for his out of the box collaborations (most recently with Spanish rapper C… By ...