Brazil’s Minister of Justice and Public Security, Ricardo Lewandowski, and the Governor of Rio de Janeiro, Claudio Castro, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, ...

The use of large-scale force can be understood as a performative attempt to reassert territorial dominance. This aligns with what some scholars describe as the “punitive turn” in Latin America.

A massive Rio de Janeiro police raid on the Comando Vermelho gang killed at least 64 people, the highest death toll in the ...

Authorities said the raid was aimed at enforcing nearly 100 judicial warrants against alleged members of the Comando Vermelho ...

In Rio, where rainforest meets surf and glass balconies overlook stacked mosaics of tin and prayer, I learned that the state, ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public ...

Buenos Aires, Oct 29, (dpa/GNA) – Residents of the Penha favela in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, laid out at least 64 bodies on one of the neighbourhood’s main streets on Wednesday, after a ...

Church leaders, including the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro, Cardinal Orani Tempesta, and the heads of the Bishops’ Conference ...

Rio de Janeiro authorities launched a massive police raid against the Comando Vermelho criminal faction. The operation, named ...

Brazil's most lethal police raid against drug gangs resulted in at least 121 deaths, sparking criticism and calls for ...