Brazil is considered the world's leader in deaths by firearms, fueling debate over gun laws following the Brazil school massacre Thursday that killed 12 students.

RIO DE JANEIRO - Grieving families gathered Friday to bury 12 children gunned down in the halls of their elementary school, an unheard-of act of school violence left stunned Brazilians struggling ...

Brazil has endured far more than its share of political, economic and criminal violence, but school shootings here have been rare. Or, at least, they used to be. Though the horrific attack on two ...

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, called the incident an “absurd tragedy.” “It’s with sadness that I was informed about the attacks at the Aracruz schools in Espirito ...

A few days ago there was a large-scale school shooting in Brazil, after which I was interviewed by several Brazilian journalists. As I read stories about the incident and responded to questions ...

While gun violence is prevalent in Brazil, school shootings are more infrequent. One school shooting in 2011 left more than 30 victims injured and dead at an elementary school in Brazil. Posted in ...

FILE - Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, left, and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, attend a meeting regarding school security, at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil ...

(Bloomberg) -- Twitter is facing condemnation in Latin America’s largest economy for its laissez-faire approach on content suspected of inspiring violence in schools. Most Read from ...

Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, called the incident an “absurd tragedy.” “It’s with sadness that I was informed about the attacks at the Aracruz schools in Espirito ...