Police in Piauí, Brazil, seized a drug dealer's parrot that had been used as a lookout to alert gang members of approaching ...

Entering the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro, the taxi driver’s warning is stark: “Some of the favelas are so dangerous, even the ...

Alexandre de Moraes’s efforts to fight extremism online have pitted him against Jair Bolsonaro, Elon Musk, and Donald Trump.

In a pivotal moment for public safety and community governance, business leaders in Rio de Janeiro welcomed the Supreme Court's decision to relax certain aspects of the Direct Action of ...

Daniel Sarmiento, the attorney who initiated the ADPF with support from the Partido Socialista Brasileiro in 2019, emphasized the broader implications of these measures, suggesting they could serve as ...

Ashley Cain visited dangerous places around the world - and tried to understand why some young men choose a life of crime.

The decision in the “ADPF of the Favelas” expands federal oversight in Rio’s public security and sets new rules for policing ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was once called the most popular politician on Earth by then-U.S. President ...

A landmark case challenging police violence in low-income communities — known as the “ADPF of the Favelas” — resumes Thursday ...

Débora Albuquerque scrawled “You lost, dude” on a statue. Now she’s being treated like a national security threat.

An undocumented Brazilian migrant accused of being the U.S.-based facilitator of an international operation was arrested ...

Who can forget Tiger King and its takeover of pop culture? Now because there are so many true crime projects to choose from on Netflix, novice and veteran true crime watchers alike may find it ...