The neighborhood carried a reputation long before we arrived. Inside, daily life revolved around caution and survival. The ...
Brazil is a flourishing democracy and regional superpower, with a robust annual growth rate and the world’s eighth-largest economy. Yet its favelas have remained stark symbols of lawlessness, gross ...
More than 2,000 Brazilian soldiers stormed into a Rio de Janeiro slum complex Saturday with armored personnel carriers and helicopters in a bid to improve security two months before the start of the ...
At least 120 people were killed during a large-scale operation targeting Brazil’s largest criminal organization in Rio de Janeiro, amid growing protests condemning the security authorities’ “excessive ...