A growing number of tourists and locals are being led into Rio de Janeiro's dangerous favelas by navigation apps, exposing ...

In December, an Argentine tourist returning from the Christ the Redeemer statue with his wife and children followed his GPS ...

One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...

A sizzling weekend in Rio saw residents crowd beaches while a leading samba school cancelled its parade rehearsal on ...

A heatwave is hitting several parts of Brazil, with temperatures of between 40 and 44 degrees Celsius (104 and 111 degrees ...

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists baked Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...

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Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

A large-scale deployment by the Police in various Rio de Janeiro favelas (slums) has left at least seven people dead after gunfights between law enforcement officers and suspected criminals ...

Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion ...

Many areas of Brazil are being hit by a heat wave and beaches were packed with people this weekend in Rio, particularly in Copacabana, where one of the best-known samba schools in the carnival, ...

Residents of Brazil’s largest favela are using a public square shower to cool off due to ongoing water shortages in the ...