The Brazilian flag flies over Rocinha, the most notorious favela which is home to 150.000 people Three thousand troops backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles occupied Rio de Janeiro's largest ...

Daniel Sansom, a journalism student at Bournemouth University, spent four weeks in Rio's largest favela just before the Olympic Games started. Far from the dangerous slum he had been warned about ...

Rogerio 157 made it on to the most-wanted list in September after gunmen loyal to him fought street battles with gang members of a jailed rival drugs boss in Rocinha, the largest favela in Rio.

The Brazilian army was deployed in one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favelas, Rocinha, after six days of clashes between rival drug gangs. The shanty town is home to an estimated 70,000 people ...

Rio’s largest favela. The group earns money performing in festivals, events, theaters and TV shows, and they welcomed the heritage recognition. Another dance group is Passinho Carioca in the ...

And the Complexo do Alemão, a confused agglomeration of several favelas that has been a main redoubt of the Red Command, Rio’s largest gang, was recently abuzz with workers funded by a federal ...

A description of the largest of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro; Rocinha, where 100,000 people live. The former wooden shacks have been upgraded to permanent dwellings with some modern services ...

A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums ... the Comando Vermelho (Red Command), one of Brazil's largest drug trafficking organizations.

But the next day, no photos of them appeared in Rio's largest newspapers. Marches like this one have become increasingly common throughout the city. To capture attention, many have evolved into ...

Rio de Janeiro is one of Brazil's largest settlements ... which are called favelas in Brazil. Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located in the southern zone of the city.

In Brasil, 16 million people live in favelas, a population larger than that of many countries. So, how do we deal with ...