RIO DE JANEIRO – As authorities in Brazil tackled crime earlier this decade, opening Rio de Janeiro's hillside favelas to tourists seemed like a winning idea. The views are breathtaking, the slum ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – An Italian tourist was killed Thursday in a shantytown near the center of Rio de Janeiro in an area fought over by rival drug trafficking gangs, police said. Authorities identified ...

Cosme Felippsen, a community-based favela tour guide in Rio (Photos by Kiratiana Freelon) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

In the wake of President Obama’s recent visit to Rio de Janeiro, which included a tour through the notorious City of God slum, questions have been raised regarding the fate of Brazil’s hill-draped ...

It's estimated that the Olympics will bring nearly 500,000 tourists to Rio and some of them are sure to take an unusual sightseeing tour that is unique to the region. People go on tours of Rio's ...

Rio de Janeiro has long been the "face" of Brazil and is the most visited city in South America. Tourism represents a significant area of the city’s economy, and one which is only set to grow with the ...

As tourism increasingly invades favela life, can these Brazilian slums maintain what makes their culture so special? Among Brazilians, the impoverished slums known as favelas are associated with ...

Favela tours may provide an alternative to Rio's well-known tourism circuit Patricia Correia Capistrano looks out of the window above a row of shampoo bottles and hair products, scanning the street of ...

In this Oct. 29, 2017 photo, men overlook the city from the Vidigal slum, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Opening the hillside favelas to tourists seemed like a winning idea: they get breathtaking views, ...