In interviews with community leaders, lawyers, security specialists and bereaved relatives, the Guardian pieces together how an operation targeting a criminal gang left 122 people dead last October ...

Police action targeting organised crime in the Brazilian city’s favelas has left communities reeling, with more questions than answers ...

The "often-stigmatised territories" of Rio de Janeiro are experiencing a tourist boom, and it's pumping cash into low-income ...

The survey was conducted by Data Favela among 4,471 respondents across the country’s five regions, with an emphasis on Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo.

When I first arrived in Rio de Janeiro, the city struck me like a revelation. The Atlantic rainforest spilled down from the highlands and pressed against the edge of the sea, where the famous beaches ...

The 2025 United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP30, opens tomorrow in Belem, Brazil. Ahead of the official meetings, community members from Rio's favelas, its lowest-income neighborhoods, have ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As record numbers of tourists descend upon Rio de Janeiro, many are looking beyond the city’s iconic landmarks, seeking instead local tours in the city's favelas to learn more ...

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 ...

The gang's days of playing Robin Hood to locals are over as it shifts its focus to the internaitonal cocaine trade.