The two faces of Sao Paulo The world is becoming more urbanised - but most of the new arrivals end up in slums. Daniel Howden reports from a city divided by money Monday 12 March 2007 01:00 GMT 0 ...

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Renewed tension between police and Sao Paulo’s largest criminal gang are being blamed for a surge in violence in Brazil’s most populous state, where more than 4,100 ...

Silva grew up in a slum — or favela — in the Sao Paulo suburb of Taboao da Serra. The dangers of Brazilian favelas have been well-documented in film and literature.

The violence marks a backward step for a Brazilian state that has succeeded in cutting its homicide rate by more than half in the past decade.

The Sao Paulo gang detests attention and remains mostly in the shadows of the slums where it holds sway, ruling on reputation and fear, maintaining a mafia-like stance.

An intense fire broke out Sunday in a slum in South America's largest city, sending residents running across rooftops to escape the flames. There were no immediate reports of deaths in Diogo Pires ...

Developers boldly spend millions building high-rise towers and luxury condominiums overlooking shack-filled slums. In the United States or Europe, that would a spell doom for a project. Not in Brazil.

Brazilian police have launched a major anti-crime operation at a huge slum following at least 40 murders in the Sao Paulo area, including the apparent execution of several police officers.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil — Police contribute to violence in Brazil’s slums, barely keeping a presence except for raids that endanger innocent lives, Amnesty International said in a report released ...

Ataide, a self-taught mason and home-builder, lives and works in Paraisópolis (‘paradise city’), one of São Paulo’s largest favelas (slum), where he grew up and developed his skills ...

SAO PAULO – SAO PAULO (AP) — A fire has raged through a Brazilian slum, destroying more than 300 homes. Residents of the Real Parque neighborhood in Sao Paulo were frantically using buckets of ...

Test Your App In The Slums Of Sao Paulo For the Stanford-educated founders of Emprego Ligado, creating a successful app in Brazil required dismantling every assumption about the target audience.