Every year, thousands of the sightseers who flock to Rio de Janeiro visit favelas. The city’s squatter settlements are the object of the tourists’ curiosity—"poorism,” the practice is called. Favelas ...

The survey was conducted by Data Favela among 4,471 respondents across the country’s five regions, with an emphasis on Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

Law Enforcement deployment in Rio favelas results in at least 64 killed Tuesday, October 28th 2025 - 20:44 UTC Full article Governor Castro admitted that the number of casualties and detainees could ...

The "often-stigmatised territories" of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing a tourist boom, and it's pumping cash into low-income ...

Keeping the peace in Rio de Janeiro has never been a job description for the faint-hearted. But the mayhem that swept the streets of South America's fairest city this week has been extreme even by ...

A couple nights back, I dreamt that a tsunami came for Rio. I was sitting on the beach in São Conrado, a neighborhood in the city’s Zona Sul, or Southern Zone, when I began to feel the slight rumbling ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As record numbers of tourists descend upon Rio de Janeiro, many are looking beyond the city’s iconic landmarks, seeking instead local tours in the city's favelas to learn more ...

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 ...

An Olympics opening ceremony is a chance for a country to tell a story about itself. On Friday, Brazil’s ceremony relayed a brisk, harmonious version of its history, celebrating the intermixing that ...

Hundreds of Rio's military police officers patrolled the streets of Rio's largest favela, Jacarezinho. Residents in Rio de Janeiro’s marginalized favelas are contending with a new government plan ...

*I wonder how many people living in favelas can read and comprehend this kind of Ivy League archispeak. More than you might think, I reckon. Given that architects exist in legions and are hard-put to ...