The Latest Breaking News from Marielle Franco

The killing of councillor Marielle Franco has inspired a generation of journalists to probe the city’s dangerous underworld

Brazilians shocked to find the man charged with investigating the city councillor’s assassination was its alleged mastermind

Brazilian police on Sunday arrested three current and former officials who allegedly masterminded the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councilor Marielle Franco.

The Rio de Janeiro councillor and her driver were assassinated in 2018, causing an international outcry

Brazil federal police say Maxwell Simões Corrêa helped plan 2018 assassination; two former police officers are already awaiting trial

Government officials from Brazil are using their president's first visit to Europe since being elected to raise awareness and fight against the racial discrimination faced by the Brazilian community in Portugal and elsewhere.

Anielle Franco is determined to develop the work of her assassinated sister Marielle in fighting to better the lives of Black people in the country

Supporters gathered Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro to mark five years since the assassination of Black, bisexual councilwoman Marielle Franco amid hope that investigations into her death will accelerate under Brazil’s new leftist president

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promises to give far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro a ‘thrashing’ in tighter-than-expected presidential race

The woman likely to be the first transgender member of parliament says she still feels threat hanging over her

For the first time in its 132-year history, the Brazilian census now underway includes a question counting members of the "quilombo" communities founded by runaway slaves.