Gun makers and military industry companies from all over the world gathered in Rio de Janeiro for Latin America’s largest defense and security fair Tuesday, hoping to benefit from Brazil’s new far-right administration and President Jair Bolsonaro’s vow to loosen gun laws.

Brazil has an uneasy co-existence with homicide. At least 1,060,000 Brazilians have been murdered since 2000.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro tweeted a sexually explicit video of a man touching himself late Tuesday night at a street party during Carnival, a nationwide festival known as the country’s biggest party.

in a country plagued by rising levels of violent crime, the sentiment is widely popular with voters — and reflected in government policy

Faced with an epidemic of homicidal violence and relentless corruption, newly elected governments in Latin America have unveiled ambitious crime reduction plans

Of the many outsiders who have emerged in Latin American politics of late, young Nayib Bukele stands out

Brazil’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, is making good on a campaign promise to loosen the country’s gun laws.

Fearing for his safety amid rising crime in Latin America’s largest nation, Paulo Alberto joined a gun club three years ago and learned to shoot.

Fearing for his safety amid rising crime in Latin America’s largest nation, Paulo Alberto joined a gun club three years ago and learned to shoot.

The idea that a ‘good guy with a gun’ will improve personal security in Brazil is pure fiction