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 ...

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 ...

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people ...

Rocinha, in the south of Rio de Janeiro, is, according to official data, the largest of Brazil’s more than 12,000 favelas, or ...

The tourist area – known as Zona Sul (the South Zone) – is generally safe, although exercise caution when walking around at night, especially downtown (Centro), Santa Teresa and Lapa. In all areas of ...

Rio Tinto’s (ASX, LON: RIO) new chief executive Simon Trott has launched a sweeping overhaul of the miner’s structure, consolidating operations into three core divisions while placing several non-core ...