Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Follow AP reporters and photographers as they follow Saturday's pre-Lenten parties.

Brazil's latest cabinet shuffle has left Finance Minister Fernando Haddad with no strong supporters in President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's inner circle for his moderate fiscal approach, fueling fears of a populist pivot to revive the aging leftist leader's popularity.

Brazil's government on Friday issued an executive order temporarily relaxing rules for disbursements from workers' severance fund FGTS, a measure that could release as much as 12 billion reais ($2.04 billion) to about 12 million workers.

Brazil's government is considering cutting import taxes on ethanol in a bid to appease U.S. President Donald Trump and as a way to help tame inflation, newspaper O Globo reported on Friday, citing sources.

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One of Saturday’s popular early-morning street parties is Friends of the Jaguar, on a beach looking across the water at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Thousands of revelers are here, all decked out in leopard- and jaguar-print clothing.

For decades, nobody was held accountable for killings and forced disappearances at the hands of Brazil’s military junta. “I’m Still Here” may be changing that.

Marcelo Rubens Paiva, a popular author in Brazil for four decades, has had intense days and exchanges since the movie based on his 2015 book “I’m Still Here” became a box-office success.

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

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Former Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, now the head of the BRICS bloc's development bank, has been discharged from a hospital in Shanghai after nearly a week hospitalized, her press office said on Friday.

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has chosen the head of his Workers Party, Gleisi Hoffmann, to serve as institutional relations minister, the government said in a statement on Friday.

Brazil's government is considering cutting import taxes on ethanol in a nod to U.S. President Donald Trump and as a way to help tame inflation, newspaper O Globo reported on Friday, citing sources. Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin was reportedly set to have a call with U.