A description of the largest of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro; Rocinha, where 100,000 people live. The former wooden shacks have been upgraded to permanent dwellings with some modern services ...

Claudio Edinger Marcos Rodrigo Neves remembers the bad old days in Rocinha, the largest favela, or slum, in Rio de Janeiro. A baby-faced 27-year-old with a linebacker’s build and close-cropped ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Novak Djokovic was in Rio de Janeiro ... Gustavo Kuerten for the inauguration of the public court in the Rocinha slum, one of Latin America's largest. He will also face the ...

In all areas of Rio, remain vigilant with valuables due to ... and some are perfectly safe to visit (such as Vidigal), or with a guide, such as Rocinha. That being said, most favelas are not ...

The sweltering heat in Rio de Janeiro has reached record-breaking levels, forcing thousands of residents in the city’s ...

A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums ... Images recorded by residents showed that Rocinha, in the south zone, was surrounded by police on Monday night ...

A description of the largest of the favelas in Rio de Janeiro; Rocinha, where 100,000 people live. The former wooden shacks have been upgraded to permanent dwellings with some modern services ...