At Least 119 Dead in Rio Favela Police Raid - Brazil

At Least 119 Dead in Rio Favela Police Raid - Brazil

A burned vehicle is seen in the Penha favela after violent clashes during a police operation against an organized criminal ring in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29, 2025. At least 119 people were killed in a massive police operation targeting an organized criminal ring in Brazil's second largest city Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Wednesday. The large-scale raid was launched Tuesday against members of the Comando Vermelho gang in the Alemao and Penha favelas in the northern part of the city, the Rio de Janeiro state government said. At a press conference, Rio state's civil police secretary Felipe Curi revised the death toll from an initially reported 128 to 119, including 115 suspected criminals and four police officers. Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

At Least 119 Dead in Rio Favela Police Raid - Brazil

At Least 119 Dead in Rio Favela Police Raid - Brazil

Rescuers remove the bodies of suspected criminals after a police operation in the Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29, 2025. At least 119 people were killed in a massive police operation targeting an organized criminal ring in Brazil's second largest city Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Wednesday. The large-scale raid was launched Tuesday against members of the Comando Vermelho gang in the Alemao and Penha favelas in the northern part of the city, the Rio de Janeiro state government said. At a press conference, Rio state's civil police secretary Felipe Curi revised the death toll from an initially reported 128 to 119, including 115 suspected criminals and four police officers. Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

At Least 119 Dead in Rio Favela Police Raid - Brazil

At Least 119 Dead in Rio Favela Police Raid - Brazil

Rescuers remove the bodies of suspected criminals after a police operation in the Penha favela of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 29, 2025. At least 119 people were killed in a massive police operation targeting an organized criminal ring in Brazil's second largest city Rio de Janeiro, authorities said Wednesday. The large-scale raid was launched Tuesday against members of the Comando Vermelho gang in the Alemao and Penha favelas in the northern part of the city, the Rio de Janeiro state government said. At a press conference, Rio state's civil police secretary Felipe Curi revised the death toll from an initially reported 128 to 119, including 115 suspected criminals and four police officers. Photo by Claudia Martini/Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

Cheap hotels in favelas popular for tourists

Cheap hotels in favelas popular for tourists

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Ipanema Beach and a nearby luxury hotel are seen on June 7, 2014, from a cheap lodging house in Vidigal, one of many slum districts known as favelas in Rio de Janeiro. Because of their price, hotels in favelas are becoming popular with tourists who have come to see the World Cup finals.

Rio's ballet school brings changes to girls

STORY: Rio's ballet school brings changes to girls DATELINE: Dec. 7, 2022 LENGTH: 00:05:18 LOCATION: RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOOTLIST: 1. various of Ballet classes 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Portuguese): VIORIA GOMES, Ballet student 3. SOUNDBITE 2 (Portuguese): CARINE LOPEZ, Director of Manguinhos Ballet School STORYLINE: In favelas of Manguinhos, a community in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, hundreds of adolescents are daring to dream big thanks to the Manguinhos Ballet School. The ballet school located in Manguinhos has become one of the main cultural programs among all communities in Rio de Janeiro. SOUNDBITE 1 (Portuguese): VIORIA GOMES, Ballet student "When it comes to police operations in the favela, it is really difficult for us to attend classes. The operations eventually resulted in confrontations and stray bullets. And the classes will be cancelled . We live in a community without many opportunities, it (the ballet school) gives us opportunities to grow, live, and move forward."