The U.S. is expected to soon designate Brazil’s two largest drug gangs as terrorist organizations, a star prosecutor in the South American country said, a move that is likely to ...

Robert Muggah, an expert in organised crime in Brazil, explains the origins of the Commando Vermehlo, the gang targeted in a ...

Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, aimed to disrupt the criminal network Comando Vermelho, but with 132 dead ...

HAVANA TIMES – At least 130 people were killed in a single operation carried out by police in two favelas (poor neighborhoods ...

A deadly police operation in Rio de Janeiro targeting a gang resulted in 121 deaths, sparking protests. Many killed had ...

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Friday, October 31, 2025.

In Brazil, protests erupted after a massive police raid on a drug gang in favelas in Rio de Janeiro left 119 people dead. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at ...

By Sara Costantini and Isabella H. de Carvalho According to the latest figures, at least 130 people have died in the ...

In Brazil's deadliest police raids, 121 people including four officers were killed. Families mourned at the morgue, while ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive police raid targeting a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro left at least 121 people dead, ...