RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva pledged to Rio de Janeiro slum residents on Thursday that new social and security projects would mark the end of years of state ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — More than 3,000 police and soldiers backed by armored personnel carriers raced into Brazil’s biggest slum before dawn Sunday, quickly gaining control of a shantytown ruled for ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A police officer was shot and killed in a Rio de Janeiro hillside shantytown that’s become a symbol of the Olympic city’s showcase slum pacification program, the state’s public ...

More than 3,000 police and soldiers backed by armored personnel carriers raced into Brazil's biggest slum before dawn Sunday, quickly gaining control of a shantytown ruled for decades by a heavily ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 2,000 Brazilian soldiers stormed into a Rio de Janeiro slum complex Saturday with armored personnel carriers and helicopters in a bid to improve security two months ...

As record numbers of tourists descend upon Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, many are looking beyond the city’s iconic landmarks, seeking instead local tours in the favelas to learn more about the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- About 150 special operations police officers are patrolling Brazil's biggest shantytown after a police officer was shot to death. Rio de Janeiro's police department says officer ...

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Brazilian security forces have occupied a Rio de Janeiro favela in a bid to remove drug gangs from the city ahead of the World Cup this summer. In a dawn raid on Sunday, police swarmed the Mare slum, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio's state government will build seven miles of concrete walls around some of the biggest slums in an effort to halt deforestation of the jungle surrounding the metropolis, officials ...