Heat inequality: Study measures the toll of climate change in Rio de Janeiro favelas

By Bruna Cabral RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Michele Campos feels like crying every summer when temperatures in Rio de ...
Yahoo

What to know about Rio's deadliest police raid that exposed limits of anti-gang tactics in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — On Tuesday, police in Rio de Janeiro launched an operation in two of the city’s favelas that left 121 dead, including four police officers, and an unknown number of people ...
EL PAÍS English

A study reveals the interests, habits and dreams of 4,000 delinquents in Brazil’s favelas

Personal interviews indicate that two-thirds would leave the drug trade if they had a legal alternative Among the people ...
Crux

After deadliest police killings in Brazil, Church leaders affirm sacredness of human life

Residents surround the bodies of people killed the day before during a police raid targeting the Comando Vermelho gang in the Complexo da Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 29, ...
The New York Times

At Least 64 Dead in Rio de Janeiro as Authorities Crack Down on Drug Gangs

The authorities said the deadliest operation in Rio’s history had killed four police officers and at least 60 other people. It was an attack on “narco-terrorists,” the state governor said. By Ana ...
Hyperallergic

The Grassroots Film Movement Growing in Rio de Janeiro's Favelas

Rocywood actors (from left to right) Carlos Morais, Eric Nunes, Gabriel Figdan, and Higor Alcantara pose with screenwriter Fabiana Escobar and director Sergio Mib (all photos by the author for ...