SAO PAULO/BRASILIA, April 10 (Reuters) - The Brazilian government on Friday announced a joint initiative with the U.S. to ...

Brazil's government is relocating gang bosses tied to a weekend prison riot that left 56 inmates dead and is the country's deadliest in nearly 25 years. The inmates believed to be responsible for a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents recover around 70 bodies in the woods of the Penha Complex, in the northern part of Brazil's Rio de Janeiro, one day ...

Marches across Brazil for International Women’s Day are serving as a rallying cry against rising violence against women and ...

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 ...

A notorious gang in Brazil has taken vengeance on the authority by leaking nude photos of a female police officer for arresting thier leader. One of the most notorious gangs in Brazil, has lived up to ...

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.

A prominent nonprofit group in Brazil says that criminal gangs expanded their presence in the Brazilian Amazon last year and are now operating in nearly half of the region’s municipalities By ELÉONORE ...