13 Mayo 2020 Gizele Martins was born and raised in the Complexo da Maré, a group of 16 favelas (slums) with around 140,000 inhabitants in Rio de Janeiro. A journalist and community activist ...

Three thousand troops backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles occupied Rio de Janeiro's largest favela (slum) without firing a shot, the biggest step in the Brazilian city's bid to improve ...

Brazilian security forces seized control of two crime-ridden ‘favelas’ slums near Rio do Janeiro’s international airport and seaport Sunday in a new bid to drive out drug traffickers ahead ...

No going to favelas at night, and none of the reporters would go out alone. In addition, he added: “I would know where they were at all times via Whatsapp.” The package, which included a print story, ...

The project '5 x slum, now by ourselves' gathered over 80 young people from Rio's favelas (slums), selected through workshops, script and filmmaking techniques to create a feature film consisting ...

Favela Gay tells the story of eleven individuals in their own words Living in eight slums favelas in Rio de Janeiro these members of the LGBTQ community two transgender women a crossdressing man a ...

If you're using GPS navigation, make sure the suggested route does not take you into a favela." By contrast in Mumbai, guided tours of Dharavi slum are popular with foreign tourists. According to ...

to Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Igor Krstić outlines a transnational history of films that either document or fictionalise the favelas, shantytowns, barrios poulares or chawls of our ...

Consider services and support available to people living in favelas. To what extent does the Brazilian state provide for them? Students could sketch a typical slum dwelling (pause a scene to help ...

Consider services and support available to people living in favelas. To what extent does the Brazilian state provide for them? Students could sketch a typical slum dwelling (pause a scene to help ...

The Brazilian army was deployed in one of Rio de Janeiro's largest favelas, Rocinha, after six days of clashes between rival drug gangs. The shanty town is home to an estimated 70,000 people ...

Brother Fabio preaches at a church in Santa Marta, one of Rio de Janeiro’s favelas. What he means is that the citizenry of Santa Marta is part of a plan to clean up the hillside slums for the ...