Brazil Violent Cities

The death count from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 165, authorities said Sunday, as more violent storms killed two people in another region nearby.

World Cup fever gathered steam across Brazil on Friday after the long-awaited opener went ahead without major hitches, although the lingering threat of violent protests and a late scramble in some host cities kept organizers on edge.

World Cup fever gathered steam across Brazil on Friday after the long-awaited opener went ahead without major hitches, although the lingering threat of violent protests and a late scramble in some host cities kept organizers on edge.

It is midday Saturday in Jardim Irene, one of the city's poorest and most violent favelas, where Marcos Evangelista de Moraes -- better known as Cafu -- was born and grew up.

Of the 50 most violent cities across the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday. The word's most violent city is San Pedro Sula in Honduras, with a murder rate of 158.87 for every 100,000 inhabitants, the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice said in a report.

The death count from torrential rains that triggered flash floods and landslides in the scenic Brazilian city of Petropolis has risen to 165, authorities said Sunday, as more violent storms killed two people in another region nearby.

World Cup fever gathered steam across Brazil on Friday after the long-awaited opener went ahead without major hitches, although the lingering threat of violent protests and a late scramble in some host cities kept organizers on edge.

World Cup fever gathered steam across Brazil on Friday after the long-awaited opener went ahead without major hitches, although the lingering threat of violent protests and a late scramble in some host cities kept organizers on edge.

It is midday Saturday in Jardim Irene, one of the city's poorest and most violent favelas, where Marcos Evangelista de Moraes -- better known as Cafu -- was born and grew up.

Of the 50 most violent cities across the world, 14 are in Brazil, a Mexican think-tank said Friday. The word's most violent city is San Pedro Sula in Honduras, with a murder rate of 158.87 for every 100,000 inhabitants, the Citizens' Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice said in a report.