Moinho, the last favela or slum in Sao Paulo, is set to get a makeover of sorts from the state government. — Photos: AFP Cintia Bomfim saw her eldest son struck twice by rubber bullets from police ...

A study based on the analysis of mobile phone data reveals that residents of favelas in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, exhibit less variability in their daily travel patterns than residents of formal ...

SAO PAULOSAO PAULO — Un grupo de niños recientemente hizo fila para recibir sus tajadas de una enorme torta azul en un centro comunitario de Sao Paulo. Pero no se trataba de ningún cumpleaños: era el ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Dozens of children lined up at a community center in Sao Paulo for a slice of creamy, blue cake. None was celebrating a birthday; their poor neighborhood, the favela of Paraisopolis, ...

Latin American scholar Simone Buechler spent years researching several of the largest favelas in Sao Paolo. At some point in this project, she had to negotiate with the drug gangs that began to take ...

A major plan to revamp Campos Eliseos in central Sao Paulo has led to clashes between the government and residents who say they’re being forcibly removed from the neighborhood’s Favela do Moinho, ...

São Paulo’s ‘Várzea’ tournaments are the beating heart of Brazilian football ...

SAO PAULO – Workers in Brazil’s biggest city unloaded an air fryer, a gaming chair and a 40-inch television from a truck and carried them into a small distribution center where they'd soon be sent to ...

Nine people were killed during an action carried out by the Military Police (PM) in a favela in Sao Paulo in the early morning hours Sunday. Among the dead were four adolescents, three 16-year-olds ...