Their professionalism and skill is only exceeded by their admitted corruption. <br><br>Meanwhile, the narcotics industry is alive and well in Rio's slums; estimates are that in some areas of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Rolf Glaser zips his motorbike up the twisting alleyways of Vidigal slum, past a bunch of cheerful, gun-packing drug traffickers, and emerges at a cliffside plateau next to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Five years ago, Rio de Janeiro’s “favela” hillside slums had such a bad rap that they were virtual no-go zones, where drug lords laid down the law and outsiders set foot at their ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to Rio de Janeiro slum residents on Thursday that new social and security projects would mark the end of years of state ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It's dawn and barefoot boys are hustling down the inclined alleys of Rio de Janeiro slums, surfboards under their arms. They're heading to nearby Sao Conrado and Arpoador beaches ...

More than 2,000 Brazilian soldiers stormed into a Rio de Janeiro slum complex Saturday with armored personnel carriers and helicopters in a bid to improve security two months before the start of the ...

(New throughout, updates with decision on federal support, adds governor's comment) RIO DE JANEIRO, March 21 (Reuters) - Brazil will deploy federal troops to Rio de Janeiro to help quell a surge in ...

NITEROI, Brazil -- They are all gone. The Evangelical church where worshippers were praying. A day care center where children were playing. The pizza parlor where a family was eating. All were buried ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A 20-minute drive ...

Brazilian security forces have occupied a Rio de Janeiro favela in a bid to remove drug gangs from the city ahead of the World Cup this summer. In a dawn raid on Sunday, police swarmed the Mare slum, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In the hills that hug Maracana Stadium, many Brazilians saw the flash and glitz of the opening ceremony for the Olympics from rooftops with exposed wiring and water pipes, amid ...

A heavily armed, 3,000-strong security force backed by helicopters took control of Rio’s largest slum in a major operation to expel drug traffickers and prove Brazil can be a peaceful venue for the ...