The TCP maintains influence over the favela, known as Morro dos Macacos ... message to become one of the city’s most durable criminal groups. It is not surprising. Religion serves as a powerful ...

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 ...

I do wish the best for Brazil, but still feel they should clean the house before inviting guests. By that I mean providing a decent standard of living for all! Mar 25th, 2014 - 10:44 pm 0 ...

During the recent visit of Israeli president Shimon Peres, Brazil signed a contract for ... and the drug cartels operating mostly in the favelas, where millions of Brazilians live, next to the ...

In Brazil, as in many developing countries, local communities, charities and government departments are working together to improve conditions in favelas. Improving conditions can lead to ...

Brazil’s favelas are infamously densely neighborhoods, often featuring small, ramshackle apartments and shops. They’re overpopulated, unsanitary and hotbeds of crime usually avoided by police ...

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 ...