The designation of PCC and CV serves to expand Washington’s reach into the country’s politics and security.

Growing cases of violence against Indigenous people are linked to an impasse on the framework of rights and pressure against ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his right-wing rival Flavio Bolsonaro kicked off their election campaigns ...

Brazil's presidential candidates have kicked off their campaigns ahead of what is expected to be tight election in October.

A recent police operation in northern Brazil has revealed how the Venezuelan-born gang Tren de Aragua has established a presence in the country and adapted its model of criminal expansion through ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled on Wednesday to significantly expand the scope of the country’s landmark law to ...

Latin America’s most powerful criminal groups have expanded beyond the drug trade – and have become more resilient as a ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — According to a report released by national research group Scaling Safety, aggravated assaults dropped, on average, 27% across Austin from 2021 to 2025, and homicides dropped 12%. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (CN) — Brazil’s main law against domestic violence turns 20 Friday as the country’s Supreme Court considers whether its protective orders can also be issued in cases of gender-based ...

SAO PAULO — The Ashaninka Indigenous people — who recovered their territory in the Brazilian border with Peru from settlers three decades ago, established and sustained their own governance, and grew ...

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