RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It is one of Rio’s most renowned favelas, the Cidade de Deus made infamous in a film that helped cement a stereotype of the other side of the “Marvelous City” that is host of the ...

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A nearly empty Saara region, a large shopping area in the center of Rio de Janeiro. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Brazilian drug gangs are taking coronavirus prevention measures into their own hands.

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Santa Claus strode into the Brazil’s City of God favela this week, delivering much-needed Christmas cheer to some of Rio de Janeiro’s poorest children. Dressed in an ...