Violence

Armed police raid a slum in Rio de Janeiro

In Shock, World Asks for Probe Over Police Massacre in Rio’s Favela

The United Nations said it was “deeply disturbed” by the killings of 28 people ...

Helen Park Truong, 34, and Sarah Tang, 31, embrace after laying flowers at a makeshift memorial outside the Gold Spa REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

A Country Mourns Georgia Spa Killings and Decries Anti-Asian Racism

Clutching a bouquet of flowers, Jami Webb wept alongside her fiancé Kevin Chen at ...

A worker seen in a coffee farm during operation to identify slave workers in Minas Gerais state. REUTERS/Adriano Machado

Slave Workers Rescued in Brazil Were as Young as Nine

A large Brazilian tobacco exporter has been charged with using slave labor in the ...

Complexo do Alemão in Rio's North Zone

In Rio, Divided Between Two Worlds: North Zone and South Zone

I was 21 years old and a recent college graduate when I decided to ...

Rio councilwoman Marielle Franco - Photo: Mídia Ninja

Linked to Death of Politician, Brazil President Threatens to Cancel Globo TV’s License

Brazilian President, Jair Bolsonaro, deplored a TV network’s report linking him with a former ...