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In Rio de Janeiro, this urban community garden in the Manguinhos favela is the largest in Latin America: it feeds 800 families a month with affordable, pesticide-free produce. Although violence, police raids and deadly shootings in the northern favelas of the city threaten programmes like this, our Observer Yuri Lopes…

'Geostorm' positioned itself as a serious disaster film centered on climate change — but it didn't quite manage to burst through.

Rio’s heavily armed paramilitary groups have exploded in influence in recent years to wield power over dozens of communities

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Posh-looking drivers in expensive cars are honking their horns on a beachfront avenue in Rio de Janeiro, blaring their approval at a vendor selling green-and-yellow Brazilian flags outside President Jair Bolsonaro's former home.