The 2025 United Nations Climate Conference, known as COP30, opens tomorrow in Belem, Brazil. Ahead of the official meetings, community members from Rio's favelas, its lowest-income neighborhoods, have ...
Police arrest a suspect during a raid against alleged drug traffickers of the Comando Vermelho criminal organization in the Alemao favela complex, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 28, 2025 (Agencia ...
RIO DE JANEIRO — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people wounded.
RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid on a drug gang embedded in low-income neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro that left at least 119 people dead drew protests for excessive force Wednesday and calls ...
As Brazil prepares to host COP30, residents of Rio de Janeiro's favelas are mobilizing to make sure the voices of the world's informal settlements aren't left out of global climate talks. The 2025 ...