Two years after the murder of popular Brazilian councilwoman Marielle Franco, her partner Monica Benicio has also won a ...

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 ...

The operation starting on Tuesday saw armed officers move into the Complexo do Alemao and Penha favelas in Brazil’s most ...

The violent raids have sparked intense gun battles, with gangs deploying drones against cops in retaliation. At least four ...

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

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, ...

Following the bloodiest police operation in the history of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, the police have identified nine out of 117 dead as suspected leaders of drug gangs. However, they said ...

At least 120 people were killed during a large-scale operation targeting Brazil’s largest criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro, amid growing protests condemning the security authorities’ “excessive ...

Christians are "called to be builders of peace, to overcome the hatred, vengeance and indifference that corrode the social ...

Brazilian police with support from Interpol have destroyed 277 dredges used in illegal gold mining along the Madeira River in ...

While the city of Belém steps up to host the COP30 global climate summit in November, in another corner of Pará state, a ...

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