Rocinha has for years been one of Rio’s safest favelas. Its descent into internecine bloodshed is indicative of how much the city has unraveled. The Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Luiz Fernando Pezão, ...

Passinho or “little step” began with small groups performing at parties inside Rio’s favelas, but has since spread, helping to break the stigma of the communities usually known for violence and drug ...

Living in Rocinha as a gringo, (foreigner), I never felt uncomfortable, the love, embrace and inclusion that I received from the community was something I never felt amongst my fellow countrymen and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A group of teenagers loitering outside Bob’s, Brazil’s equivalent of McDonald’s, adjust the machine guns slung ...

The favela of Rocinha, in south Rio, often referred to as one of the largest in Latin America, is inaugurating its new selective collection center Rocinha Recicla (“Rocinha recycles”) today (Jun 8), ...

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England strikers Daniel Sturridge and Danny Welbeck managed one of the more physically challenging and politically complex warm-up exercises of their careers on Monday during an outreach session with ...