Rocinha is the largest favela in Brazil. It is located in the southern zone of the city. It is built on a steep ... rate of 15 per 1000. In 2011, life expectancy in Rio's favelas was found to ...

Last week in Sáo Paulo, Brazil’s second city, a filling-station attendant ... A coffee boom followed, and for 50 years or so, coffee was the life blood of Sáo Paulo. The state of Sáo Paulo ...

The wheelchair-bound nun, residing in the southern Brazilian city of Porto Alegre ... family in southern Brazil and spent much of her life dedicated to education and religious service.