As part of its cleanup for the World Cup, in 2008 the Brazilian government began a police crackdown to sweep criminals out of the urban slums known as "favelas." The government has boasted of its ...

When Brazilian João Victor Gonçalves began playing soccer in one of Rio de Janeiro ’s poorest and most violent favelas, little did he know the game would one day allow him to ...

Last Friday, Brazilian soccer legend Pelé and Hublot CEO Ricardo Guadalupe joined a group of local children in Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho favela to celebrate a new soccer pitch donated by Hublot, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The bar is easy to miss. It is compact and narrow and it sits on a crooked favela street with no sidewalks and many worn storefronts. It appears to be tucked inside the hillside. Its ...

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