BRASILIA--Brazil’s former Justice Minister Anderson Torres, who was in charge of public security in Brasilia during the invasion of government buildings a week ago, was arrested here Saturday ...

The Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), which means the First Capital ... the Carandiru Penitentiary and 111 prisoners were killed. Brazil’s prison system is noted for its severe overcrowding ...

Old Dream. The dream of a new capital to replace old Rio precedes Brazil’s independence from Portugal in 1822. But it is uniquely Kubitschek’s accomplishment, for until he set up the ...

SEATTLE - Recent reports are signaling that Brazil's biggest and best-organized criminal organization known as Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), or First Capital Command, continues to take ...

Almost 900 Ukrainian citizens arrived in Brazil since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and at least thirty applied to the authorities of the South American country for a humanitarian ...