In the hills of Rio de Janeiro's Complexo do Alemão stands a cable car that once ferried passengers from the favela to the city. It cut a trip that originally took hours down to just 16 minutes ...

At least 18 people have died in a police raid in a favela, a low-income neighborhood or slum, in Rio de Janeiro. It prompted anger about police brutality and racism in the city.

For the first time since poverty and lack of opportunity caused favelas to mushroom, Brazil’s biggest low-income neighborhood isn’t in Rio de Janeiro.

A police officer works to remove tires set on fire by residents to protest against a police operation that resulted in multiple deaths, in the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ...

A Cable Car ride to Sugarloaf Mountain is a must do on your first trip to Rio de Janeiro. This post shares our firsthand experience and everything you will need to know.

About 40 passengers have escaped unhurt from a broken cable car suspended halfway up Rio de Janeiro's famous Sugar Loaf mountain. The group, most of them foreign tourists from Japan, the US and Canada ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities launched a mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro that sent a force of nearly 2,000 military and civil officers into 10 low income neighborhoods Monday ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — High on a hill in South America’s largest slum, Samantha Almeida startled at the latest volley of gunfire. It was close. Too close. She knew she had to get her girls moving ...

A raid of Rio de Janeiro's largest complex of favelas has sparked renewed complaints of excessive police violence and ignited debate over how to handle crime ahead of state and presidential elections.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities launched a mega-operation in Rio de Janeiro that sent a force of nearly 2,000 military and civil officers into 10… ...