Janet Coelho

Sao Paulo's rap singers are demanding bulletproof vests after seven unsolved hip-hop murders. Some allege a death squad with rogue police is the culprit.

When Pope Francis visits Rio de Janeiro from July 23 to 28 to celebrate Catholicism’s World Youth Day, among the millions of pilgrims thronging to the city, one man will have walked an epic 1,850 miles to see the pontiff.

Thousands of Haitians have sought refuge in South America since Haiti's 2010 earthquake, and they keep coming in droves. Brazil could use the extra laborers.