Vital says Afro-Brazilian Umbanda and Candomblé religious houses have been shut down in surrounding neighbourhoods too, with gangsters sometimes drawing messages on the walls such as "Jesus is ...

BRASILIA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia state in the Brazilian Amazon, where gang members have clashed ...

The Trump administration’s first flight deporting Brazilians involved aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and ...

Digital gambling could spell the end for a lottery run by criminal gangs that has been a fixture of Brazilian life for decades. By Ana Ionova Photographs by Dado Galdieri Ana Ionova and Dado ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police killed six suspects Friday during an operation to dismantle a gang accused of planning large-scale bank robberies, authorities said. Police in the southern state of ...

Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho, the capital of Rondonia state in the Brazilian Amazon, where gang members have clashed with police, raising concerns ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian police killed six suspects Friday during an operation to dismantle a gang accused of planning large-scale bank robberies, authorities said. Police in the southern ...

While Brazil's Amazon region has for decades struggled with conflicts over land as farms expanded into the forest, the more recent violence is connected to disputes among gangs to control key drug ...

Thirteen Dead in Clashes Between Police and Gangs in Brazilian Amazon City By Ricardo Brito BRASILIA (Reuters) - Thirteen people have died in gang violence in the past four days in Porto Velho ...