Dozens of Brazilian yoga aficionados saluted the sun in unison in a Rio de Janeiro favela for the inaugural class of a free ...

A major plan to revamp Campos Eliseos in central Sao Paulo has led to clashes between the government and residents who say they’re being forcibly removed from the neighborhood’s Favela do ...

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São Paulo's largest favela is Paraisópolis (Paradise City in English), a name resident Eliane Carmo da Silva, who lives in a cramped room with mould growing on the walls, finds ironic.

Moinho was the only favela left in central Sao Paulo after several others were cleared in recent decades, though larger ones remain on the city's outskirts.

Claudio Aparecido da Silva, who grew up in a São Paulo favela and is now the state’s police ombudsman, sees mano dura as a dead-end. “ [P.C.C. leaders] no longer live in the favelas,” he said.

A local awaits the arrival of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva before an event on a housing program for the Moinho Favela, in Sao Paulo, Thursday, June, 26, ...

Magazine Brazil The final throes of São Paolo's Moinho favela By Bruno Meyerfeld (São Paulo (Brazil) correspondent) Published on May 20, 2025, at 3:47 am (Paris), updated on May 20, 2025, at 8: ...

The 14-month project aims to train around 180 new teachers from favelas in Rio and Sao Paulo, who will then carry out paid internships in their communities.