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 ...

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

United Nations Sustainable Development Goals - Time for Global Action for People and Planet ...

HAVANA TIMES – At least 130 people were killed in a single operation carried out by police in two favelas (poor neighborhoods ...

A deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro targeting a gang resulted in 121 deaths, sparking protests. Many killed had ...

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, October 31, 2025.

In Brazil, protests erupted after a massive police raid on a drug gang in favelas in Rio de Janeiro left 119 people dead. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at ...

By Sara Costantini and Isabella H. de Carvalho According to the latest figures, at least 130 people have died in the ...