RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A police officer was slain while on foot patrol in Brazil’s largest slum, military police said Friday. Diego Bruno Barbosa Henriques was shot and killed overnight Thursday as he ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Armoured cars rolled through smoke-filled streets in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday as police battled slum-based drug gangs for a fifth consecutive day in the city slated to ...

During a shootout this weekend, 29 people were killed, including three policemen in a helicopter downed by gunfire. Today, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised a crackdown in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A police officer was shot and killed in a Rio de Janeiro hillside shantytown that’s become a symbol of the Olympic city’s showcase slum pacification program, the state’s public ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Easter is a special time in the Rocinha favela: It's when Jesus visits Brazil's biggest slum. Actually, this year it was just 16-year-old Lucas Valentin playing the role of ...