Brazilian police are trying out drones that could be used to track criminal activity in Rio de Janeiro’s favelas, following a region-wide trend of using unmanned aircraft to monitor organized crime.

A new study indicates that the number of homicides in Rio de Janeiro favelas that have been “pacified” by elite police units has fallen by 50 percent in less than three years. You Trust our Reporting, ...

Some 1,300 police swept through the Jacarezinho slum, with about 90,000 inhabitants, where 28 people were killed last May in the deadliest security raid in Rio’s ...

Families of the scores of people killed in a deadly gang raid by Rio de Janeiro police began burying the dead on Thursday, with residents left reeling by the scenes of carnage and livid at law ...

The NGO Central Única das Favelas (CUFA), which promotes cultural initiatives in favelas throughout Brazil for 25 years, and Favela Holding, a group of companies that work to boost development in ...

Every year, thousands of the sightseers who flock to Rio de Janeiro visit favelas. The city’s squatter settlements are the object of the tourists’ curiosity—"poorism,” the practice is called. Favelas ...

Ever wondered what goes on in Rio when the Olympics aren't there? A new Google Arts & Culture project gives a glimpse into life in the city's favelas, the informal, largely unmapped slums that house ...

Rio de Janeiro's state government deployed hundreds of police officers early Monday to three of the city's sprawling, low-income neighborhoods, saying it aimed to clamp down on organized crime groups.

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – After repeated failures to free its crime-ridden favelas from the grip of gangs and militia, Rio de Janeiro state has launched a controversial new security and social project, ...

After repeated failures to free its crime-ridden favelas from the grip of gangs and militia, Rio de Janeiro state has launched a controversial new security and social project, but skepticism is rife.