A police raid on a crime gang in Brazil dramatically escalated when a ... was flying over Vila Aliança, a slum on the west side of the city, when gang members opened fire on the aircraft.

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The head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) encouraged Brazil on Thursday to pursue ... one of Rio's largest and most dangerous slums and an example of the challenges the country faces ...

This type of violence has become a tedious certainty in Brazil’s slums. As the country prepares to host the two largest sporting events in the world, the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the Summer ...

With the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro quickly approaching, Brazil expects over half a million foreign tourists. Given the crime rate in Rio, local officials have declared war on major ...