São Paulo — A thunderstorm breaks the afternoon heat for a few moments in Portelinha, a favela in São Paulo. The rain pushes raw sewage and debris along narrow streets and downhill toward the river.

Sao Paulo is the most expensive state capital in Brazil, with an average rent of 1,700 reais (RM1,293) for an apartment of 30sq m, according to the Institute of Economic Research Foundation.

Nearly 4,000 of the deaths are in Sao Paulo state. An aerial view of Brasilandia amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on May 10, 2020 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Rodrigo Paiva/Getty Images ...

It’s a Saturday afternoon in Jardim Colombo, a favela southwest of São Paulo, and residents have gathered in Fazendinhando Park for a community clean-up event. Volunteers in bright pink T-shirts swirl ...

SAO 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 ...

How to find a mailbox in Sao Paulo’s favelas. Brazil has densely populated, low-income communities living on the outskirts of many cities like Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo.

São Paulo’s favelas are running out of food. These women are stepping in. COVID-19 is worsening hardship in Brazil's working-class settlements, so this group is giving out 6,000 free meals a day.

A massive fire has swept through a Brazilian favela in the country's most populous city of Sao Paulo. The fire at the Estrada de Alpina slum quickly destroyed hundreds of homes in its path.

At least nine people were trampled to death and two others were injured early on Sunday in the chaotic aftermath of a police raid in a poor Sao Paulo neighbourhood, authorities said. Residents ...

As the founder of KondZilla -- one of the most popular YouTube channels in the world -- Konrad Dantas turned the music of São Paulo’s slums into a Brazilian sensation.