Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas are resounding in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil's Tupinambá people gathered ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro's iconic Copacabana ...

Its frenetic carnival – taking place in 2024 between 9-17 February – and New Year’s Eve celebrations may be legendary but Rio ...

It was at the foot of the Sugarloaf that Portuguese explorers founded the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1565. And, just as Rio in its early days was subject to attack by (mostly French) pirates and ...

The Brazillian Netflix crime film, ‘Outlaw,’ better known as ‘Bandida: A Número Um,’ farms inspiration from the real-life of ...

In Rio de Janeiro, the balance of power may be shifting from militias to one of the city’s oldest criminal groups.

Rio Carnival is one of the biggest, boldest and brightest events in the Brazilian calendar, and it’s taking the country’s tourism capital by storm next week. The sound of samba rings, raucous ...

ANA Beatriz da Silva still remembers her first home: a tiny room behind the kitchen of a beachfront apartment in Rio de ...

The Brazilian government has appointed an army general to oversee security in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in response to growing gang violence. President Michel Temer compared the violence to "a ...

Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas are resounding in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil's Tupinambá people gathered ...

Indigenous chants and the rattle of maracas resounded Thursday in a Rio de Janeiro park, where Brazil's Tupinambá people ...