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 ...

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 ...

Growing up, I listened to a lot of Bossa Nova. My mom has always loved the Brazilian music genre, born in Rio de Janeiro, for ...

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

Ipanema and Copacabana are perfect spots to grab an umbrella, snack on empadas or coalho cheese, and sip cocktails. If you ...

Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Carnival in Brazil—a dazzling, five-day extravaganza of parades, music, and street parties.

Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income, ...

Hundreds of protesters have marched through Vila Cruzeiro favela, demanding the resignation of Rio de Janeiro state Gov. Cláudio Castro ...

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the ...