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 ...

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.

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.

When the coronavirus hit Brazil, 24-year-old Laryssa da Silva signed up to help her neighbors as street president of Viela da Harmonia in the São Paulo favela of Paraisópolis.

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 ...

Sao Paulo – More than 6.5 million Brazilians – 3.6 percent of the population – live under precarious conditions in “favelas,” the vast shantytowns in and around some of this country’s ...

A large fire has destroyed part of a favela in the Campo Belo district of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Almost 500 homes were destroyed and more than 2,000 people have been left homeless but only one person ...

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.

Four people have been injured in a huge fire which swept through a slum in eastern Sao Paulo on Wednesday. Two are children who suffered severe burns.

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 ...