Guards thought there was something suspicious about a little white cat slipping through a prison gate in Brazil. A prison official says that when they caught the animal, they found a cellphone, drills and other contraband taped to its body.

A 44-year-old woman gunned down in front of her daughter was the latest of 95 police officers to be killed in Sao Paolo so far this year in a merciless war between authorities and a powerful drug gang. The Brazilian city's residents fear being cau...

Brazil's second-largest city, Rio de Janiero, is in the midst of a devastating crack epidemic. While police and gangs fight over control of Rio's slums, crack cocaine's powerful grip continues to destroy any gains made to stabilize crime in the city.

With municipal elections coming to an end in Brazil, Eduardo Paes, mayor of Rio de Janeiro, handily secured his re-election. Securing more than 60 per cent of the vote, Paes' focus on public transportation projects ahead of the 2014 World Cup and...

Favela Rising documents a man and a movement, a city divided and a favela (Brazilian squatter settlement) united. Haunted by the murders of his family and many of his friends, Anderson Sá is a former drug-trafficker who turns social revolut...

A standoff between soldiers and striking police continues in the Brazilian city of Salvador. The murder rate in Salvador has more than doubled since the strike began a week ago.

Soldiers have been sent in to restore order to Brazil's third biggest city where a strike by police has sparked an explosion of violent crime. The murder rate more than doubled in Salvador when police walked out a week ago, demanding better pa...