Brazil's army went into action again Monday to support police in raids on some of Rio de Janeiro's most violent favelas — but not before a rogue soldier allegedly tipped off the drug gangs. In the third such operation in just over two weeks, about ...
Thousands of Brazilian army troops raided Rio de Janeiro slums in a pre-dawn crackdown on crime gangs Saturday, leaving parts of the city looking like a war zone on the first anniversary of the opening of the Olympic Games. Five favelas were targeted by around ...
Several hundred people attended a concert by top Brazilian musicians in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in the latest protest demanding the resignation of President Michel Temer and calling for new elections. Caught up in serious corruption allegations, Temer is refusing to step down, hanging ...
Amnesty International on Thursday warned of growing violence across Brazil, particularly killings by police as law enforcement and criminals battle over turf in Rio de Janeiro, the country's second-biggest city. In a report to the United Nations, which periodically monitors violence in conflict zones and ...
Two suspected drug gang members were killed Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro when police intervened to stop clashes between rival factions and a wave of bus burnings and lootings. Police blamed rival drug gangs for the surge of violence in and around a slum lying ...
Rio de Janeiro's Carnival crowned a champion of its elite samba school parade on Wednesday, capping festivities marred by two accidents that injured more than 30 people. By winning the Carnival's headline event, the Portela samba school ended a 33-year losing streak, nabbing the crown ...
Greece's ambassador to Brazil was murdered in a plot hatched by his Brazilian wife and her police officer lover, who confessed to the crime, officials said Friday. The envoy, Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was killed on Monday by the officer, Sergio Gomez Moreira, Rio homicide division ...
Brazilian police suspect a body discovered inside a charred vehicle in Rio de Janeiro is Greece's ambassador to Brazil who went missing three days ago, television channel Globo reported on Thursday. A police spokesman could not be immediately reached for comment. Ambassador Kyriakos Amiridis, 59, was ...
An evangelical mega-church bishop who once branded Catholics demons was elected mayor of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday in nationwide municipal elections confirming Brazil's shift to the right. This was the second round of balloting for city halls in Latin America's biggest country and confirmed ...
Tokyo took center stage as Rio de Janeiro handed over the Olympic flag to the 2020 host city at a rain-lashed but joyous closing ceremony for the Rio Games on Sunday. Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, wearing a light-colored kimono, took the flag from Rio Mayor ...
Japan may be riding high in the medal table at the Rio Olympics, but the host country is not having the same luck. By the end of Saturday's events, Brazil had won only one gold medal — through Rafaela Silva in the women's 57-kg judo ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will visit Brazil from Aug. 21 to attend the closing ceremony of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Japan's top government spokesman confirmed Friday. Suga said news of Abe's attendance will strengthen ties between Japan and Brazil and help the 2020 Games ...
