RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge sentenced two former police officers to decades behind bars on Thursday for the 2018 murders of Rio de Janeiro city council member Marielle Franco ...

The operation was deliberately conducted as a blood-soaked political spectacle by the same fascist forces that promoted the ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A massive fire tore through a 200-year-old museum in Rio de Janeiro late Sunday, lighting up the night and sending large plumes of smoke into the air. Firefighters worked to put out ...

Brazil's Justice and Security Minister Ricardo Lewandowski and Rio de Janeiro State Governor Cláudio Castro announced on ...

About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, ...

In January, the military police of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro pledged to reduce killings by its officers by 20 percent by the end of the year. But from January to July, the number of police ...

At least 121 people were killed in Brazil in the deadliest police operation targeting organized crime and drug trafficking in ...

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people ...

Norwegian Air is adding its first route to Brazil as it continues to aggressively ramp up its trans-Atlantic schedule. The fast-growing European low-cost carrier will begin flying from its hub at ...