This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from ...

"There's a lot of insecurity in Rio de Janeiro," said Gilmar Mendes ... a senior fellow at the Washington Office on Latin America and the co-founder of the Brazilian Forum on Public Security.

Beyond the spectacle, the economic impact of the massive influx of tourists is undeniable. Restaurants, bars, tour operators, ...

Climate variability and extreme weather events stalk at least 20 Latin American countries and increase the risk of hunger and ...

Rescue teams in Brazil have retrieved the bodies of seven people from coastal rocks and the forest at the foot of Rio de Janeiro's Sugar Loaf mountain. Police believe the bodies are of criminals ...

The Rio de Janeiro Low Carbon City Development Program (LCCDP) is a systems-approach to low carbon development, including a framework and set of comprehensive requirements to help the city to plan, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water. Starting on Saturday, he’ll be spotted at AquaRio Marine Aquarium swimming with sharks during their daily fish ...

Rio de Janeiro: Observatorio de Favelas. Hilgers, Tina, and Laura Macdonald. 2017. “How Violence Varies: Subnational Place, Identity, and Embeddedness” in Tina Hilgers and Laura Macdonald (eds) ...

The decision was formalized Tuesday at a regional summit of the so called Rio Group in the Mexican ... “It is time to realise the unity of Latin America and the Caribbean” Mexican president ...

Millions of protesters in the cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro appeared at windows on Wednesday evening calling for the president to step down. It was the biggest protest against Mr ...

Insights in DRM highlights the successes, challenges and lessons learned from our disaster risk management interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean. This bi-monthly, multimedia publication ...