The 2025 United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP30, opens tomorrow in Belem, Brazil. Ahead of the official meetings, community members from Rio's favelas, its lowest-income neighborhoods, have ...
Paraisópolis, one of São Paulo’s largest favelas, rises up the hillside in a dense, improvised sprawl. Homes stand shoulder to shoulder, some painted in bright colors, others left in bare brick.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2005. Documentary. Bonus features: Behind the documentary ; AfroReggae music video. Documents how former drug-trafficker Anderson Sa, and Jose Junior's Grupo ...
Illuminated by a motorcycle headlight, youth perform a street dance known as passinho in the Rocinha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 11, 2024. (Credit: Silvia Izquierdo/AP.) Listen SÃO PAULO – ...
High above Rio de Janeiro’s famous beaches, sprawling hillside neighborhoods known as favelas have grown into dense communities housing millions. Many began as improvised settlements built by freed ...
As Brazil prepares to host COP30, residents of Rio de Janeiro's favelas are mobilizing to make sure the voices of the world's informal settlements aren't left out of global climate talks. The 2025 ...