A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the ...

Until recently, residents of poor neighborhoods in Brazil had little access to the digital world. But young people are now finding ways to earn money and recognition, while at the same time escaping ...

In the Dreams favela, in the Brazilian city of Ferraz de Vasconcelos, Crislaine Fernandes da Silva strolls to work for her morning conference call. She works out of a shipping container that’s been ...

The award-winning social entrepreneur will launch a new fund aimed at technology businesses from Brazilian slums. One of Brazil's best-known social entrepreneurs, Celso Athayde, is at the cusp of a ...

The United Nations Department of Global Communications (DGC) promotes global awareness and understanding of the work of the United Nations through its network of United Nations Information Centres ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Reports collected by ombudsmen of the Rio de Janeiro State Public Defender’s Office after Operação Contenção (“Operation Containment”) last Tuesday (Oct. 28) in the Complexo do Alemão and Complexo da ...