Religion serves as a powerful organizing force for crime gangs in Brazil and much of Latin America, offering a mixture of ...

Low-income favelas would benefit from green roofs but there are two problems: Cost. And a typical design that's too heavy for ...

Amongst all the Brazilian fighters in the UFC, Charles Oliveira's name is synonymous with the favelas, the impoverished ...

He's lived his entire life in this favela — a word that refers to a native Brazilian shrub — and has been gardening just as long. "My mother taught me all about how to take care of plants ...