After decades of delay and pressure, Brazil announced Tuesday that it will henceforth use “favelas and urban communities” to categorize thousands of poor ... stilted houses and more, where ...

In Brazil, the poor often live in houses built from less resilient materials such as wood and in unregulated areas more vulnerable to damage from extreme weather, such as low-lying areas or on ...

The number of people below the line of poverty in Brazil's 22 largest cities has reached 19.8 million in 2021, it was reported Monday by the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio Grande do Sul ...

Only a few days later, Father Julio Lancellotti, famous in Brazil for his activism in defense of human rights and the poor, celebrated a Mass with the presence of the boy’s family members.

Head of the Acceleration of Poverty Alleviation Agency (BP Taskin), Budiman Sujatmiko, issuing a press statement after a ...