A line of tourists touch up their makeup before strutting across a rooftop in Rio de Janeiro's largest favela, posing for a drone as it zooms out to show dramatic aerial views of the hillside ...

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, ...

Despite triumphant media reports last year that “Rocinha is ours,” following the military occupation of the Rio favela, criminal control of the area has not been broken, as Rio-based blogger Julia ...

November 25 was a colorful day here in Rocinha. That’s an understatement. It was perhaps the most colorful day in the history of favelas (Brazilian slums), because that festive Sunday marked the first ...

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 ...

Bibi Perigosa was furious. She had discovered text messages on her husband's phone that made it pretty clear he was seeing another woman. Perigosa, which means "dangerous" in Portuguese, was not the ...

On the morning of 10 November 2011, the people of Rio de Janeiro woke up to some riveting footage being played over and over on all major television networks. Editors had cleared the decks to ...

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 ...