Record numbers of tourists are flocking to Rio de Janeiro, with many seeking local tours in the city's favelas.

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

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage ...

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Brazil’s ongoing favela wars have taken a dramatic turn for the bloody, prompting the government to send military troops into Rio de Janiero’s notorious Rocinha. This is the most violent of the city’s ...

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The researchers have installed thermometers in people's homes in the favelas of Chapeu Mangueira and ​Morro da Babilonia to measure indoor temperatures and asked residents to keep “heat diaries,” ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 20-minute drive separates the historic Maracana Stadium from the Complexo do Alemao, the biggest complex of favelas in Rio de Janeiro and one of the most impoverished and ...