Brazil’s ongoing favela wars have taken a dramatic turn for the bloody, prompting the government to send military troops into Rio de Janiero’s notorious Rocinha. This is the most violent of the city’s ...

Police officers react during a police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 28. At least 64 people died on Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A member of a Brazilian tactical police unit stands on a vehicle during an operation against drug trafficking in Rio de Janeiro's ...

President Lula da Silva’s government aims to expand the Care Station, a pilot project tested in the city of Fortaleza. By the ...

After the deadliest police operation ever carried out in Brazil, Catholic Church authorities spoke out in defense of the dignity of every human life, stressing that hatred and indifference will not ...

Brazilian soldiers were deployed to Rio de Janeiros crime-plagued Rocinha favela for the second consecutive day Wednesday to support police after shootouts between rival crime gangs. Heavily-armed ...

Brazil’s criminal organizations have also extended their reach from the illegal economy to politics through such means as vote-buying, violence, intimidation and the funding of political candidates, ...

A year after the world applauded Rio's successful staging of the Olympics, Brazil's second biggest city is in deep financial difficulty. In the third such operation in just over two weeks, marines, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.