RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — More than 1,400 police officers and Brazilian Marines rolled into a massive complex of slums near Rio de Janeiro's international airport before dawn Sunday in the latest security ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Top officials from Rio de Janeiro said Friday they want elite federal police and possibly army troops sent to the city to help quell a wave of violence in so-called "pacified" ...

Football and Brazil – it's hard to think of a more fitting duo. Whenever we talk about football, Brazilians are part of the discussion. This talk weaves its way through Latin culture as well - samba, ...

Over 12 million people in the country live in favelas, most of whom in big citiesFernando Frazão/Agência Brasil A survey conducted in 63 slums, or favelas, in 35 cities throughout Brazil, shows that ...

The favelas of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil may have a reputation for violence and crime, but one slum experienced a dramatic change of fortune after a peace-keeping police force moved in there ...

The lights went back on, the trash finally went out and a week of tension and violence came to a close in two of Brazil's most ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An Army soldier takes position while residents stand near him during an operation to occupy the Mare slum complex in Rio de ...