In Rio, where rainforest meets surf and glass balconies overlook stacked mosaics of tin and prayer, I learned that the state, ...

A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people ...

Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas to protest Brazil’s deadliest police operation, which left at least 121 people dead. Demonstrators are demanding justice, an ...

Families of the dead decried what they described as executions by police, while the state government hailed a successful ...

The demonstrators accused Rio Governor Claudio Castro of leading “a bloodbath in the police operation” that left more than ...

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

Dozens of favelas residents gathered in front of the state’s government headquarters shouting “assassins!” and waving ...

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

Police in Rio de Janeiro have launched a massive operation in two favelas, resulting in 121 deaths, including four officers.

Despite the leak, 2,500 police officers launched the action at 6 a.m., resulting in the deadliest operation in the state’s ...

Dozens of residents from several favelas gathered outside the state government headquarters on Wednesday, shouting “assassins” and waving Brazilian flags stained with red paint, a day after Rio’s dead ...