As part of its cleanup for the World Cup, in 2008 the Brazilian government began a police crackdown to sweep criminals out of the urban slums known as "favelas." The government has boasted of its ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The bar is easy to miss. It is compact and narrow and it sits on a crooked favela street with no sidewalks and many worn storefronts. It appears to be tucked inside the hillside. Its ...

The barber Adauto gives a sharp razor line like that of the soccer star Gabriel Jesus to Bernardo in the favela Vidigal during the start of the men's gold medal soccer match between Brazil and Germany ...

Last Friday, Brazilian soccer legend Pelé and Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe joined a group of local children in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho favela to celebrate a new soccer pitch donated by Hublot, ...

A group of girls and young women gathered early Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Manguinhos neighborhood to watch the Brazilian team compete in the Women’s World Cup and pray for a win in ...

Cristiano Ronaldo is suing a businessman who claims the Real Madrid player has bought a favela in Rio de Janeiro and given it to the residents. It was reported by several media outlets in Germany that ...