SOL NASCENTE, Brazil (AP) — The buzzing main avenue of this poor Brazilian neighborhood is filled with people popping off buses after work or grabbing a bite. Teens attend an open-air rap battle and ...

"I believe," scream 100 kids from a Brazilian favela watching their hero take centre court at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic badminton venue. Ygor Oliveira, 19, is Brazil's first player in Olympic badminton ...

Residents watch the Women's World Cup match between Brazil and Jamaica, on a television set up by the Mandela Stars Project, in the Manguinhos favela, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Aug. 2, ...

Demand for martial arts classes grows as women face increase in gender-based attacks ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. Sweat was dripping down Luis Cassiano’s face. It was 2012, and Rio de Janeiro’s hottest day to date: At nearly 110 degrees Fahrenheit, the seaside city ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...

Ian Cheibub for NPR It was a sunny September morning in Rio de Janeiro’s Parque Arará favela and volunteers were preparing plants to be placed on Reginaldo Gomes da Silva’s roof. Students from both ...

Brazilian chef Ana Lucia Costa cooks meals to be donated to low-income families in Rocinha, Rio de Janeiro's biggest favela - Copyright AFP CHANDAN KHANNA Brazilian ...

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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor, urban neighborhoods, instead ...

A group of girls and young women gathered early Wednesday in Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Manguinhos neighborhood to watch the Brazilian team compete in the Women’s World Cup and pray for a win in ...