RIO DE JANEIRO – The bullet hit the 4-year-old girl as she waited to cross a street, holding hands with her stepfather and a cousin. The next day, a 9-year-old boy was shot dead at a swimming pool.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Clowns complete with red noses and tutus delivered the joy of Carnival to sick children in a Rio de Janeiro hospital on Tuesday, bringing the ebullient festivities normally found ...

This story originally appeared on the International Business Times. With a faltering economy and an $11 billion investment at stake, Brazil wants nothing more than to stage a successful Olympic Games ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - The crowning achievement of Rodrigo X's young life wasn't graduating from school or scoring a goal on the soccer field - it was throwing his first hand grenade. The ...

Chicken with potatoes and carrot-and-cabbage salad: it’s the menu at a school cafeteria in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is seeking new ways to fight childhood obesity. Nearly one-third of children in ...

"As many as 20 people are feared dead after a gunman invaded a primary school in Rio de Janeiro and opened fire," The Guardian reports. "One witness told the Guardian he had seen between 15 and 20 ...

Because of the resentment people bear toward street children, it is almost impossible for them to enter and use chapels and churches. As a result, Fr. Renato Chiera, president and founder of an ...

Suspected shooter asked for forgiveness in suicide note, police say. April 7, 2011— -- The gunman who allegedly opened fire in a Rio de Janeiro school this morning, killing 12 children before ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — When she heard the gunshots, Simone Barros thought of her son. At age 11, Kauã had just entered what Barros considered the most dangerous period of his life. He was old enough now to ...