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At least 60 people are dead after about 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro. Eighty-one suspects were arrested in the Tuesday ...

The deadliest police operation in Brazil’s history killed at least 132 people, public defenders said on Wednesday, as Rio de Janeiro residents lined a street with dozens of corpses found overnight, a ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police said ...

Thousands of revelers have gathered on the Copacabana boardwalk for Rio de Janeiro’s annual Pride parade. Many celebrated the preemptive jailing of former President Jair Bolsonaro, known for ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 11 (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed on Friday during a dawn police raid in Rio de Janeiro's Vila Cruzeiro favela, local police said, adding the operation targeted a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 14 (Reuters) – Heavy rains that buffeted Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state this weekend have killed at least 11 people, according to the state fire service. The rains flooded streets, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At least eight people died in Rio de Janeiro state due to landslides and floods caused by heavy rains Thursday, Brazilian authorities said. A 6-year-old was listed as missing in ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...

Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police said Tuesday they released 17 hostages from a gunman that took over a crowded bus for three hours in Rio de Janeiro and wounded at least two people. Rio police ...