Criminal dynamics in Brazil, particularly its drug trafficking routes, have been shaken up in recent years by the rapid expansion of the PCC. The investigation culminated in with an event (see below) ...

Brazil is deploying troops along its borders with 10 South American nations to reinforce security ahead of the World Cup football tournament that begins in June. The Defense Ministry says in a ...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil "has intensified defensive actions" along its northern border as it monitors a territorial dispute between its neighbors, Guyana and Venezuela, the country's defense ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — A military operation meant to secure Brazil’s 10,600-mile (17,000 kilometers) border ahead of the World Cup has netted 40 tons of narcotics, the government said Thursday. The drugs ...

Indigenous organizations in Peru and Brazil are joining forces to push their respective governments to safeguard the Yavarí-Tapiche Territorial Corridor, which covers 16 million hectares (39.5 million ...

The land border between Venezuela and Brazil re-opened on Thursday after nearly two years of closure over COVID-19 concerns, local Venezuelan authorities said on Friday. PUERTO ORDAZ, Feb 25 (Reuters) ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's government announced on Friday that officials in neighboring Venezuela have ordered the countries shared border temporarily closed, hours after Venezuelan President ...

BRASILIA - The Brazilian government has not allowed Médecins Sans Frontières to provide assistance to prevent and detect suspected cases of COVID-19 in seven villages of the Terena Indigenous tribe in ...