The residents of Jardim Pantanal, a neighborhood in São Paulo, have had their homes under water for several days after heavy ...
Competition for fields in the slums, or "favelas ... Two teams in Sao Paulo compete in a "pelada," or "naked," match, a Sunday tradition in Brazil. The games are called "peladas" because players ...
According to São Paulo organized crime prosecutor Lincoln Gakiya, the gang controls more than 50% of Brazil's drug exports ... particularly in the favelas (slums), FARC-style.
The son of a journeyman soccer player for Brazil’s smallest teams, Neymar was born in the industrial city of Mogi das Cruzes, some 60 kilometres north of Sao Paulo, the country’s biggest ...
Pele's meteoric rise from the slums of Sao Paulo to leading Brazil to its first World Cup victory at the age of 17 is chronicled in this biographical drama.