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

For more than four decades, the Augustinian Recollects have been promoting health care that dignifies, welcomes and ...

After achieving megawatt stardom in her native Brazil, Anitta toured the globe, developing an international army of loyal ...

Fears that Brazilian football fans may ignore social distancing rules and turn up for Saturday's Copa Libertadores final between Palmeiras and Santos have prompted Rio de Janeiro police to announce an ...

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 ...