As young Haitians are increasingly exposed to violence, the country is undergoing a wider push to dispel a long-standing ...

Bhering added the image used a picture taken in 2017 from Complexo do Alemão, a group of favelas in the northern zone of Rio ...

Brazilian civilian and military police raid Rio de Janeiro's Complexo do Alemao favela to arrest criminals from Comando Vermelho, the largest criminal group in the Brazilian city. ‘A big mistake ...

A MAN who slipped and fell from scaffolding miraculously escaped death after being impaled by an iron rod. The 57-year-old ...

Gruesome scans show how the rod extended into the man's chest.  BRAZIL, May 6: A remarkable tale unfolded when a man narrowly escaped death despite being impaled by an iron rod through his perineum in ...

Brazilian soccer hero Romário returned to training on Thursday at age 58, almost two decades after he retired from the sport, ...

Representatives from favelas in 42 countries are discussing solutions to their problems. The idea is to collect proposals and ...

The Legacy Fighting Alliance will shine its spotlight on women’s strawweight prospects Naizi Cantanhede and Yasmin Guimaraes on Friday in Rio de Janeiro.

The Brazilian man, who wasn't identified by doctors who shared the gory case in a medical journal, was on scaffolding when he ...

Some people were allowed to buy these homes, and were given legal rights to the land. In Complexo de Alemao (German complex) favela, improvements included providing 26,000 residents with access to ...

Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE - Former soccer player Romário campaigns as a gubernatorial candidate at the Complexo de Alemao slum ...