June 2003 The violence spilling out of Brazil's slums or 'favelas' has made the country's two major cities more dangerous than most war zones. Children...
Rio's poor live in favelas and other neighborhoods practically non-existent on city maps. To fill the gap, five youths used their GPS-outfitted cell phones to...
Opening clip from the 2005 film "Favela Rising," which documents the rise of the Afro Reggae movement in the notorious slums(favelas) of Rio de Janeiro,...
