B efore dawn on October 28th, security forces advanced into dozens of slums in Rio de Janeiro. Their targets were the leaders ...

A state police operation targeting a major drug gang in Brazil has resulted in the deaths of 132 people in low-income ...

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 ...

People led large public protests and asked for the removal of Rio’s governor following the deadly and alarming massacre that ...

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

Hundreds of heavily armed Brazilian police raided slum areas of Rio in a drug raid today, touching off firefights likened to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Top officials from Rio de Janeiro said Friday they want elite federal police and possibly army troops sent to the city to help quell a wave of violence in so-called “pacified” ...

In Brazil, 12 million families -- up to 60 million people -- live in slums, known as "favelas" in Portuguese, and 55 million people do not have access to a sewage system. Until now, the Catholic ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — They huddle in a tight circle, shaking seed-filled maracas and shuffling in time to a rhythm that has pulsed through their tribes for generations. The dancers raise their voices ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death. Rio de Janeiro's police department says officer ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A police officer was shot and killed in a Rio de Janeiro hillside shantytown that’s become a symbol of the Olympic city’s showcase slum pacification program, the state’s public ...