Rio has been the scene of lethal police raids for decades. In March 2005, some 29 people were killed in Rio’s Baixada ...
Residents of Belém’s favelas – or ‘baixadas’ as they are known here – tell Nick Ferris of the daily climate challenges they ...
Police arrest a suspect during a raid against alleged drug traffickers of the Comando Vermelho criminal organization in the ...
Distant gunfire rang out as Douglas da Silva dropped off a food delivery on October 28 and headed home to his apartment on ...
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and ...