Rio de Janeiro is one of Brazil's largest settlements ... Infant mortality rates are high in favelas, 50 per 1000 compared to a national rate of 15 per 1000. In 2011, life expectancy in Rio's ...

The family members describe how they make a living, and reflect on the quality of life in the favela ... to people living in favelas. To what extent does the Brazilian state provide for them?

At least 13 people died Thursday after a law enforcement raid in a Brazilian favela (shantytown ... Three other people -two women and a man- were also reported to have been injured after the ...