Articles by Tom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

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Brazilian police arrest Bolsonaro amid suspicions he was about to flee

Politician reportedly taken from his villa into custody at a federal police base about 7 miles from presidential palace

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Brazil to seek independent inquiry into deadly police raid that killed 121 people

Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’

Nov 4, 2025

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Thousands join protests in Rio favela after deadliest ever police raid

Demonstrators demand inquiry after operation on Tuesday in which at least 121 people were killed

Nov 1, 2025

‘This was a slaughter, not an operation’: the favela reeling from Rio’s deadliest police raid

Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault

Oct 29, 2025

Brazil: at least 64 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised drones

Oct 28, 2025

Brazil: at least 60 reported killed in Rio’s worst day of violence amid police favela raids

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised drones

Oct 28, 2025

Brazilian president will seek fourth term at age 80: ‘I’ve got as much energy as when I was 30’

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who first ran for elected office in 1982, announced he will run again in next year’s election

Oct 23, 2025

‘I hope he goes to jail’: Brazil’s Cannes-winning director on Bolsonaro and political amnesia

Kleber Mendonça Filho’s gripping thriller The Secret Agent is set in the 70s but casts light on present-day politics

Oct 20, 2025

Brazil’s president asks US to scrap tariffs in ‘friendly’ call with Trump

Presidents spoke on a video call as expert speculates that Haiti could be an area where the two leaders can cooperate

Oct 6, 2025