The "often-stigmatised territories" of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing a tourist boom, and it's pumping cash into low-income ...

Adalberto Ríos patrols the streets of his community for Unión del Barrio, looking out for any ICE activity. (Carlin Stiehl / For The Times) Driving north on Griffith Avenue in South Los Angeles on ...

Record numbers of tourists are flocking to Rio de Janeiro, with many seeking local tours in the city's favelas.

Driving north on Griffith Avenue in South Los Angeles on Monday morning, Azusena Favela and Adalberto Ríos kept an eye out ...

Brazil's army says it's dispatching nearly 1,000 troops to the country's largest shanty-town – or "favela" – in the hope of ending a wave of deadly violence that began nearly one week ago. This ...

Before I was able to experience a Sao Paulo favela firsthand, my knowledge of that world was mostly defined by a movie I saw only a few weeks earlier called “Linha de Passe,” or “Passing Line” in ...

Driving north on Griffith Avenue in South Los Angeles on Monday morning, Azusena Favela and Adalberto Ríos kept an eye out for unmarked American-brand vehicles with dark tinted windows and government ...