Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch. King Momo’s five-day reign over the ...

There were at least 40 cases last year in which thieves drugged travelers in their hotel rooms so they could steal their ...

The best picture and best actress nominations for “I’m Still Here” have inspired national pride in a country whose culture ...

The frantic preparations for Carnival, driven by lucrative private investments, underly the dangerous working conditions at ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Argentina’s Racing Club beat Brazil’s Botafogo 2-0 on Thursday to win the Recopa Sudamericana title by ...

While samba school parades dominate international attention, Rio de Janeiro’s “blocos” — street parades central to the city’s ...

In a busy workshop, Leandro Vieira oversees preparations for Rio de Janeiro's dazzling Carnival parade, where his samba ...

New CCTV footage reveals that Charlotte Peet stayed in the Rio de Janeiro’s Botafogo neighbourhood after leaving her previous ...

Charlotte Peet, 32, was reported missing on February 17, but CCTV footage appears to show the journalist in a hostel in Botafogo, a neighbourhood in Rio de Janeiro, on Monday.

According to the latest issue of the Infogripe bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), ...

The iconic Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro displayed a projection of images of Pope Francis along with ...

Newly released video footage shows a British journalist checking out of a hostel in Brazil days after she was reported missing. Charlotte Peet was reported missing two weeks ago by a friend after she ...