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

This week, we hold the line on more military strikes in the Caribbean and the Pacific, mull the conviction of a Bolivian drug ...

Families in Rio de Janeiro have begun burying victims of the city’s deadliest gang raid. Residents in the Vila Cruzeiro ...

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

More than 100 people are said to have been shot dead as violence engulfed this city famous for its sunshine-kissed beaches.

Rio de Janeiro has been gripped by some of its fiercest urban violence in years after large-scale police operations against ...