Workers handled beef in Avellaneda in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. People cooled off in Arpoador beach in Rio de ...

"There's a lot of insecurity in Rio de Janeiro," said Gilmar Mendes ... a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America and the co-founder of the Brazilian Forum on Public Security.

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A police car with a shattered windshield was towed away after Sunday's incident A Brazilian politician is in custody after throwing grenades at police officers who came to his house in Rio de ...

The Brazilian government has appointed an army general to oversee security in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in response to growing gang violence. President Michel Temer compared the violence to "a ...

which covers almost this whole side of South America. Rodge: Is he trekking through the Amazon rainforest, or kayaking along the Amazon river? Freya: No Rodge, he’s in Rio de Janeiro.

Roger Sands covers travel, culinary trends and hospitality design. Latin America And The Caribbean have become prime real estate markets for developers seeking to capitalize on the exciting growth ...

The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro is working to translate its ... investors but are pressing public-health concerns in Latin America, such as malaria, yellow fever, Chagas disease and Zika.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water. Starting on Saturday, he’ll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish ...