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Sixty-four people, including four police officers, are killed in large-scale raids on Comando Vermelho spots in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the deadliest police operation in the city's history. At least 81 suspected gang members are arrested in the operation.
2025-10-28

Brazilian Military Police kill the main leader of the Terceiro Comando Puro, a drug trafficking criminal organization, and two other suspected members, in a shootout in the Maré favela in Rio de Janeiro.
2025-05-13

At least 10 people are killed in a police raid on a favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, days after 19 people in Bahia and 14 people in São Paulo State were killed in other raids.
2023-08-2

Israel criticizes the government of Brazil for allowing two Iranian warships to dock in Rio de Janeiro and urges Brazil to send the warships away calling it a "dangerous and regretful development".
2023-03-2

The Brazilian federal government suspends the nationwide vaccination of pregnant women using Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine after the death of an expectant mother in Rio de Janeiro from a stroke possibly related to the vaccination.
2021-05-11

A Rio de Janeiro judge issues an arrest warrant against former President of Paraguay Horacio Cartes, accusing him of operating a money laundering scheme with a friend, Dario Messer, who is prosecuted as part of Operation Car Wash.
2019-11-19

Fifteen people are injured and an infant is killed after a car hits a group of pedestrians near Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The police report that the driver had an epileptic seizure.
2018-01-19

Tens of thousands of Roman Catholics greet Pope Francis in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, during his first foreign trip as pontiff.
2013-07-23

A record 2.2 million people attend the Bola Preta street party during the Rio de Janeiro carnival.
2012-02-19