A woman sits next to a bagful of recycled aluminum cans in the Rocinha slum in Rio de Janeiro on Monday. More than 3,000 police and soldiers raced into Brazil's biggest slum on Sunday, gaining ...

Nothing predestined his becoming a Brazilian icon, but through singing and dramatic acting, Seu Jorge, 38, forced his way out of the impoverished slums.

We need to transform the territory into data, and the data into real change,” said project director Cléo Santana.

NITEROI, Brazil — As many as 200 people were buried under tons of mud and feared dead Thursday after a slum built atop a former landfill gave way in the latest deadly landslide to hit ...

Need a place to stay for the World Cup? NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Elliot Rosenberg of Favela Experience, a company that offers inexpensive home-stays in one of Brazil's slums.

The United Arab Emirates wants to invest more in Brazil. The United Arab Emirates says it wants to pump more money into Brazil in the future, with investments focusing on the raw materials sector ...

Against a backdrop of jumbled shacks seemingly piled atop each other, the dancers run in place with studied movements, then collapse to the floor in steady succession.