Authorities said 16 suspected criminals were killed in clashes with heavily armed police at the Com…

FARM Rio encouraged its followers to use a discount code to pay tribute to 24-year-old Kathlen Rome…

Living without an address or location on a map makes it hard for favela residents to obtain officia…

Changes are still at a very early stage and are different from favela to favela, as are the respons…

Most of the favelas tourists are staying in are the "pacified" favelas - neighborhoods the Brazilia…

Kat Torres got 8 years in prison for human trafficking and slavery, per the BBC. As an influencer, …

The pair were due to take a nine-day cruise around the Mediterranean on the MSC Splendida from Bari…

"Fast X" is in theaters now, but the "Fast & Furious" franchise has been rolling downhill for years…

The pitch invader, Mario Ferri Falco, is a 35-year-old activist and a professional soccer player wh…

As production on the tenth installment of the franchise takes off, Angelino Heights community membe…

The unnamed store in the Prati district of Rome closed "out of respect for our customers," the owne…

"How do we build a bridge to them? By talking, yes, with drug traffickers, with militias, because t…

Carla Vianna moved from a Manhattan studio to a two-bedroom apartment in Rio. Cheaper living costs …

Davis Smith, who started the outdoor gear company Cotopaxi, is leaving to be president of The Churc…

"We are looking at a photo of the past," Alves said in an interview last week. "The number of cases…

Despite what you may assume after watching films like "City of God," favelas aren't all dangerous, …

The initiative started with Baracho and one of his colleagues at a nearby hospital emergency room w…

While Rio state is not the worst in the country in terms of violence - in 2015 it was 16th of Brazi…

Given the crime rate in Rio, local officials have declared war on major offenders, primarily the dr…

In March, Rio announced a 35% cut to its security budget, amounting to some $500 million. The city'…