Brazil is seeking to ban flying kites after the pastime was co-opted by street gangs using razor-sharp metal wire in dangerous duels. The competitive, macho culture has turned the once-safe ...

Brazil’s chief prosecutor has recommended a guilty verdict in the trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of leading a coup plot that sought to overturn the 2022 election result ...

I don’t know exactly what happened here or at the Libertadores final, with fights in the street but it doesn’t just happen in Brazil and Argentina. These things have been happening for some time.

Tensions escalated in Fortaleza on Sunday as supporters of Ceará and Fortaleza clashed in multiple districts ahead of the ...

On July 25, 2022, Twitter user @lobotosasha tweeted a video that appeared to some viewers to show real-world gun violence in the streets with the caption, "Brazil in a nutshell." ...

In 2024, gangs were present in 260 of 772 municipalities in the region, up from 178 last year, according to the Brazilian Forum of Public Security.

Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion into formal economic sectors that has caused billions in tax losses ...

“There’s an institutionalized kind of violence against the poor, against those who don’t have any protection,” said Father Julio Lancellotti, adding that the attacks “come precisely ...

Such violence is not unprecedented in Brazilian elections. ... Hofmann, a 70-year-old Lula supporter there, said Bolsonaro fans often shout abuse at her when she wears PT garb in the street.

Brazil is grappling with a wave of violence in its schools. The government has sought input from independent researchers and convened a meeting on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, of ministers, ...

Analysts fear Brazil, home to more than 210 million people, could face political violence or something akin to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, as Bolsonaro has consistently tried to ...

Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence Elonore Hughes Wednesday 11 December 2024 11:03 GMT ...