The decision to flood some of Rio’s most dangerous streets with heavily armed soldiers also reflected that bankrupt post-Olympic Rio is spinning out of control. The troops were part of 8,500 ...

Marcos Rodrigo Neves says that his passion for creating street ... gangs and drugs. Claudio Edinger Marcos Rodrigo Neves remembers the bad old days in Rocinha, the largest favela, or slum, in Rio ...

In many ways, Rio de Janeiro is considered an unsafe city. Between the gangs, the favelas ... avoid being on the street if it ...

Buses burned for hours alongside a highway snarling traffic with heavy black smoke Brazilian military police launched a major anti-crime operation in northern Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday ...

Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (CNN)-- Violence including clashes between police and drug gangs in the slums of Rio de Janeiro has killed 23 people since Sunday, with 188 people arrested or detained so ...

cobblestone streets in Rio de Janeiro last month, calling out to glitter-covered revelers decked out in fishnet tights. The 22-year-old from an area outside Rio had spent the night sleeping on a ...

Carnival researcher Tiago Ribeiro notes that in 2009, Rio experienced a “shock of order.” “Carnival was growing, and criticism about the increasing number of blocos was rising,” Ribeiro said. He ...