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

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

Just in time for carnival, Assouline's shiny new tome on Rio de Janeiro celebrates the spirit of the Marvelous City.

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

Police in Brazil have released new information in its investigation into the disappearance of British journalist Charlotte ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century as ...

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

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

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

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

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

José Caruzzo Escafura was the best-known of the "bicheiros," the men who rule over the officially illegal but tolerated ...