Single, colorful bird looking for love. The last known wild macaw in Rio de Janeiro is so lonely she’s looking for love at the city’s zoo. For the last two decades a wild blue-and-yellow macaw has ...

AT DAWN ON May 6th residents of Jacarezinho, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, woke to the sound of police helicopters and gunfire. Ten hours later, 28 people were dead, nearly all of them black men.

In the early morning of May 6, police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro sent heavily-armed officers supported by helicopters and armored vehicles into Jacarezinho, a vast poor neighborhood of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, May 6 (Reuters) - At least 25 people were killed in a shootout between suspected drug traffickers and police in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, one of the state's deadliest police raids, ...

We write to express our serious concern about the elimination of the Group of Specialized Action in Public Security (GAESP, in Portuguese) and to urge you to establish a well-resourced unit of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19 (Reuters) - The beaches of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro will be closed this weekend, according to a municipal decree enacted on Friday, as the local government seeks to stem ...

Illegal and unplanned settlements will grow in cities everywhere as urbanization accelerates. Digital technology can help residents connect to services they need. Finding your way through Rocinha in ...

A police raid in the Jacarezinho favela of Rio de Janeiro killed 27 Brazilians, prompting a demand from Brazil’s Supreme Court and U.N. human rights officials for an investigation into the use of ...

Here we are in October, just about to complete yet another revolution around the sun. The air is making its transformation from warm to cool. Soon it will be frigid and we’ll pile on layers, cozy up ...

Rio Shore follows a group of Brazilian young adults as they live together and experience a summer of wild parties, love, drama, and adventure in Rio de Janeiro. In the tradition of Jersey Shore, Rio ...