Buenos Aires still has a housing deficit of around 100,000 units, ... Larreta’s administration has also begun urbanizing Villa 31, the city’s largest favela, ...

And Buenos Aires has few gangs. Since 2016 an increased police presence in the villa has reduced crime further. Omar, a 26-year-old Senegalese street vendor, moved there in April.

A new $30m cable car over Rio de Janeiro's oldest favela has caused controversy. ... inspired by successful port revitalisations such as those of Buenos Aires and Barcelona. ...

Before he became Pope Francis, Jorge Mario Bergoglio was the archbishop of his hometown Buenos Aires. On April 26, Argentina’s capital city held an outdoor Mass remembering their humble priest ...