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following two boys growing up in one of Rio de Janeiro's most dangerous, drug gang-infested favelas. For Fabio and Nama, surfing provides a temporary escape -- and possibly a permanent ...

The Santa Marta shantytown has become the first community in a program meant to promote tourism in the poor neighborhoods that are home to some unique music and art work. ...

Rio Top Tour: Rio de Janeiro in a Different Perspective," also rewards communities like Santa Marta that have been cleared of the violent drug gangs that have long made Rio's ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian authorities say criminals hijacked an ambulance and forced the driver to give them a ride to a slum in Rio de Janeiro before taking ...

Brazilian authorities say criminals hijacked an ambulance and forced the driver to give them a ride to a slum in Rio de Janeiro before taking their patient to the hospital. ...

Police stand guard at the Intercontinental hotel after it was invaded by gunmen who took hostages in the Sao Conrado neighborhood near the Rocinha Slum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...

Last Saturday, a drug gang took 35 people hostage in Rio de Janeiro's Intercontinental Hotel while fleeing police. A shootout ended with one person dead and six others wounded. But ...

MONTERREY, Mexico — Six city police officers were arrested Friday in the killing of a mayor in northern Mexico, as the country’s escalating drug violence targets more public officials. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -(Dow Jones)- Brazil's government won't seek a third audit of offshore oilfields to resolve differences over the price for an oil rights swap with federal oil company ...

Gathering the facts: Summit Entertainment is considering delaying their hit franchise, “Twilight's” filming in Brazil . Brazilian violence in Rio de Janeiro may delay filming that was scheduled for later ...