While Asian and African cities are especially exposed, one of the most vulnerable cities in Latin America is Rio de Janeiro.

Smart cities Rio de Janeiro is making a digital map of one of Brazil’s largest favelas Illegal and unplanned settlements will grow in cities everywhere as urbanization accelerates.

AT DAWN ON May 6th residents of Jacarezinho, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, woke to the sound of police helicopters and gunfire. Ten hours later, 28 people were dead, nearly all of them black men ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — At least 25 people were killed in a police raid Thursday morning in what police and researchers are calling one of the deadliest police shootings in the history of this ...

Sao Paulo, Brazil, May 8, 2021 [Amanda Perobelli/Reuters] On May 6, residents of Rio de Janeiro’s Jacarezinho favela were awakened by gut-wrenching screams and sounds of gunshots.

Covid-19's Risk Map, released today (10), points out that the state of Rio de Janeiro is on the green flag - of low transmission risk - for the third consecutive week. According to the State ...

The outbreak of influenza A in the city of Rio de Janeiro has already caused the contamination of about 21 thousand people in recent weeks, according to information from the Municipal Health ...

State investor Mubadala Investment Company concluded on Monday the acquisition of Rio de Janeiro subway for 1.8 billion reais ($327 million), holding company Invepar said in a securities filing on ...

Dom tells the story of Pedro (Gabriel Leone), a handsome boy from Rio de Janeiro’s middle class who is introduced to cocaine in his teen years, putting him on the path to becoming the leader of ...

There will be two weekly flights between Moscow and Buenos Aires, and Moscow and Rio de Janeiro in addition to three weekly flights between Ulan Bator (Mongolia) and Moscow, two weekly flights to ...