Robert Muggah, an expert in organised crime in Brazil, explains the origins of the Commando Vermehlo, the gang targeted in a ...

National Geographic photographer Rena Effendi visited Brazil to document how one family farm is working with nature to ...

Before they can even start the grim task of tallying coronavirus deaths in Brazil's favelas, Ana Paula Sales and her team must negotiate access with the drug traffickers and armed militias that run ...

Andre Dread was on his rounds handing out food parcels to poor families in City of God, one of Brazil's most notorious slums, in May when the familiar sound of gunfire from a police raid sent him ...

A seminar marking five years of a national campaign in Brazil to end forced eviction was a timely moment for IIED and ...

Brazilian Church organisations criticised the huge police operation carried out in Rio de Janeiro on 28 October which ...

Brazil’s Anitta—born Larissa de Macedo Machado—is a member of this exclusive club. A singer, songwriter, and consummate ...

Few outsiders have seen what happens inside Brazil’s favelas neighborhoods where crime, poverty, and fear collide. This report follows a military police unit as they patrol the slums of São Paulo, ...

A DEADLY police raid that left more than 100 people dead was targeting a fearsome crime cartel linked to the mystery disappearance of two Scots kingpins. Brazilian cops swarmed the poverty-ridden ...

On the balmy shores of Bahia, surfers have become obsessed with Itacare, one of the world's best new beach getaways.

Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to disrupt the criminal network Comando Vermelho, but with 132 dead ...

The Prince of Wales continues to be a hit in Brazil as he held a baby who was excitedly thrust towards him during a walkabout ...