A woman draped in a Brazilian flag marked with fake blood stains protests, the day after a deadly police operation against drug trafficking at the favela do Penha, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil October 29 ...

Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys.

Just a few weeks prior to the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, tens of thousands of Brazilians are again taking to the streets in protest. This time it’s not about corruption or presidential ...

RIO DE JANEIRO(AP) — Criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and are now operating in nearly half of the region’s municipalities, according to a report published ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Rio de Janeiro’s police on Wednesday killed four people who attacked security forces as they were carrying out an operation to contain the advance of the notorious criminal gang ...

Brazil’s criminal organizations have also extended their reach from the illegal economy to politics through such means as vote-buying, violence, intimidation and the funding of political candidates, ...

Gangs expand to nearly half the towns in the Brazilian Amazon, report finds A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and ...