Rio de Janeiro police have failed to take crucial investigative steps to determine the circumstances of the killing of at least 121 people, including four police officers, during a raid in low-income, ...

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

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

The raid is already being called the most lethal police action in the history of the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

NITEROI, Brazil — Performers twisted and twirled above the sand on a beach across the bay from Rio de Janeiro in an aerial circus show that sought to draw attention to the widespread problem of ...

Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel on famous Brazilian songs heard from the favelas to the stadiums. (10 o'clock hour) Rhythm Planet host Tom Schnabel on famous Brazilian songs heard from the favelas to ...

:: Mexico's top court decriminalized abortion but the rules at state level vary "There's an infrastructure problem because although abortion is legal in the whole country, it's only under certain ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Dozens of Brazilian yoga aficionados saluted the sun in unison in a Rio de Janeiro favela for the inaugural class of a free course allowing residents of the low-income community to ...