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Rio de Janeiro hosts South America’s first Olympic Games a year from this week and the iconic, contradictory city of sweeping beaches, street crime...
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Stadium ready? Check. Equipment working, check. Crowd dancing, double check. An international volleyball event testing Rio de Janeiro’s readiness to host the 2016 Olympics...
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A man was shot dead Friday in Rio de Janeiro’s usually safe metro, just one stop from the headquarters of the city’s Olympics organizing...
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Brazil’s president unveiled the 2016 Olympic torch Friday with a vow to overcome the Latin American giant’s mounting problems — ranging from massive corruption...
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Brazilian police assumed control over one of Rio’s most dangerous neighborhoods Tuesday, replacing the army in a key test for how to suppress crime...
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Dozens of demonstrators gathered at Rio de Janeiro’s heavily polluted Guanabara Bay, demanding that officials clean it up before it is used as a...
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Two more people were injured Saturday in knife attacks in Rio, raising to 13 the number of stabbing victims in as many days in...
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Dozens of cyclists Saturday gathered in Rio to pay homage to a doctor fatally stabbed on his bike, amid a spate of attacks in...
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A series of knife attacks in areas popular with tourists has Rio de Janeiro on edge just a year before the Brazilian city hosts...
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Faced with a surge in armed robberies, Rio de Janeiro police are using mounted patrols and old-fashioned tactics to combat crime ahead of next...