Rio de Janeiro offers a teasing journey to a time of national optimism and international acclaim for South American giant, ...

As cleanup projects gradually improve water quality in one of Brazil’s most polluted waterways, early monitoring suggests the ...

Leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping, confirmed they will be in Rio de Janeiro for the G20 ...

Councilwoman Marielle Franco, 38, and her driver, Anderson Gomes, were killed in a drive-by shooting on March 14, 2018.

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A trial has opened against two former policemen accused in the 2018 killing of a Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco RIO DE JANEIRO -- A trial opened Wednesday against two former policemen ...

According to Santos, the armed forces would be deployed in the city of Rio de Janeiro, not the whole state. Neither Brazil's presidential office nor the defense ministry immediately responded to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A trial opened Wednesday ... bisexual and from humble roots and who has become a major icon of Brazil's political left. Franco, 38, and her driver, Anderson Gomes, were ...

“Today we have a chance to change the face of justice in Rio de Janeiro and in Brazil,” Antônio Francisco da Silva Neto, Marielle’s father, told journalists before the trial began. Her ...