A resident is framed by laundry hanging out to dry in the Paraisopolis favela, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021. (Credit: Andre Penner/AP.) Listen SÃO PAULO – After years of economic ...

HELIOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) - Hundreds of houses painted in a kaleidoscope of vibrant colours line the main streets of Sao Paulo's largest slum -- turning what was once a grim, grey landscape into a ...

Cities hold up to 40% of the emissions reduction potential needed to meet the climate target set in the Paris Agreement.

SAO PAULO (AP) -- Slum dwellers rioted after the arrest of drug dealers in a Sao Paulo shantytown Wednesday, burning vehicles and tires, pelting police with rocks and briefly shutting down a major ...

The slums of Sao Paulo, Brazil were ravaged by a fire, forcing residents to flee and sending many to the hospital due to smoke inhalation. Video courtesy of Reuters.

SAO PAULO, BRAZIL - A police car screeched to a halt in the Novo Mundo slum. Children scattered as three officers with guns and bulletproof vests leapt out and ran into a tenement. Minutes later, the ...

Baiano is frying potatoes next to an open sewer in a district of São Paulo known as Campo Limpo (beautiful field). His van is plastered with election posters. Three girls brave the miasma of cooking ...

When the gold mines gave out at Concepcion del Oro in central Mexico, Fidel Escalante, 56, did what hundreds of thousands of Latin Americans are doing each year: he packed his few belongings and set ...

Police officer stands at the entrance of a hospital, after a police operation against drug gangs in Penha slums complex, in Rio de Janeiro Police officer stands at the entrance of a hospital, after a ...

[EDITOR’s NOTE: Steve Ramos’ review of “Manda Bala” appeared as part of indieWIRE’s coverage of the Sundance Film Festival in January.] Subjects in front of Kohn’s camera include owners of a rural ...