Paul Kiernan
Friday, August 12, 2016 - 06:44
Clashes between criminal gangs and security forces during the Olympic Games continued to simmer in pockets of Rio on Thursday, with police officers being ambushed on patrol in one large slum, while a military-style operation took place in another.
Friday, April 24, 2015 - 07:17
Brazil’s state oil company Petróleo Brasileiro SA put a price tag on a corruption scandal that has thrown the country into political and economic turmoil, writing off $17 billion due to losses from graft and overvalued assets.
Friday, April 25, 2014 - 07:30
Rio de Janeiro state's top police official said Thursday he was "not going to preliminarily defend the force" after the body of the dancer, 26-year-old Douglas Rafael da Silva Pereira, was found on Tuesday
Wednesday, April 23, 2014 - 06:58
A professional dancer's death sparked a violent protest in a Rio slum that overlooks popular beaches, and armed men torched nearly three dozen buses at a depot outside São Paulo
Wednesday, January 8, 2014 - 00:00
Prison riots, gang disputes and inmate murders are widespread in Brazil, where the vast majority of correctional facilities are run state governments that often struggle to fund them
Friday, October 16, 2009 - 00:00
Members of the Mexican Electricians Union, or SME, gathered by the thousands in downtown Mexico City Thursday to march in protest of the government's decision to shut down state-owned power utility Luz y Fuerza del Centro.