To celebrate the system’s 30th anniversary in May, the country’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), which oversees general ...

The U.S. State Department announced Thursday the designation of two gangs, the Commando Vermelho (CV) and the Primeiro Comando da Capital (PCC), as terrorist organizations.

The State Department designates Brazil's Red Command and PCC as global terrorists, with foreign terrorist organization status ...

Lula warned that labelling Brazil’s criminal networks as ‘terrorists’ could ‘undermine’ local law enforcement efforts.

Brazil is pushing back as experts warn the move could complicate law enforcement cooperation, increase scrutiny of financial transactions and expand U.S. anti-terror powers.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he handed US President Donald Trump documents discussing Brazil's fight against ...

Brazil's government on Friday said the U.S. move to designate Brazilian drug gangs as terrorist organizations was confused and counterproductive, threatening national sovereignty and ​international ...

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday slammed Washington for designating the country's two biggest crime factions as terrorist groups, warning the United States against "playing games ...

Following through on threats, the Trump administration has designated Brazil’s two largest drug gangs as terrorist groups.

The United States designated two more Latin American criminal organizations as terrorist groups on Thursday, a day after ...

The U.S. State Department says it will designate Brazil’s two biggest criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations early next month, a move that the South American nation’s government has ...

Trump administration has used crime and drug trafficking to push for greater US military influence across Latin America.