Residents of Brazil’s largest favela are using a public square shower to cool off due to ongoing water shortages in the ...

A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums) has left at least seven people dead after gunfights between law enforcement officers and suspected criminals ...

A sizzling weekend in Rio saw residents crowd beaches while a leading samba school cancelled its parade rehearsal on ...

Rio Police believe the victim was stabbed during a robbery A 39-year-old Chilean tourist identified as Javier Valdés Susarte was found dead at a Rio de Janeiro favela, it was reported Thursday in ...

Religion serves as a powerful organizing force for crime gangs in Brazil and much of Latin America, offering a mixture of ...

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One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

The sweltering heat in Rio de Janeiro has reached record-breaking levels, forcing thousands of residents in the city’s ...

This area is a mix of 14 favelas together. Highly risky and dangerous, no tourists can go there,The mission was to be the ...

Residents of Brazil’s largest favela are using a public square shower to cool off due to ongoing water shortages in the community that have been exacerbated by a heatwave. © 2025 National Post, a ...

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...

A heatwave is hitting several parts of Brazil, with temperatures of between 40 and 44 degrees Celsius (104 and 111 degrees ...