It was at the foot of the Sugarloaf that Portuguese explorers founded the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1565. And, just as Rio in its early days was subject to attack by (mostly French) pirates and ...

A landslide in a Rio de Janeiro satellite city may have killed 200 people as rains that started earlier this week continue to saturate the soil of the hilly region home to 12 million people ...

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is accused of backing an attempted coup, told supporters in Rio de Janeiro on ...

Bolsonaro faces charges including participation in an armed criminal organization, attempting a coup d’état, and seeking to undermine the democratic rule of law.