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 ...

Transgender women took a salsa class ahead of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Ecuadorians demanded the government pay overdue ...

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

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

The Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of a former Brazilian lawmaker who was abducted under Latin America’s longest ...

A chegada de turistas internacionais ao Brasil cresceu 55% em janeiro deste ano se comparado com o mesmo período do ano ...

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday denied accusations that he orchestrated a coup to stay in office and ...

Brazil has resumed electricity imports from Venezuela after six years to supply its northern Roraima state, in a measure aimed at reducing costs and diversifying the energy supply for consumers.

Rio de Janeiro residents and tourists were baking Monday in scorching temperatures as the city's crowded pre-Carnival street ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city’s iconic Carnival left 10 people hospitalized, Rio’s state health department said ...