Vendors are a fixture at Rio’s Carnival street parties. They scour Instagram pages for times and locations, coordinate on ...

The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday (Monday in Manila) as the news broke that Brazil won ...

As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off on Saturday, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon ...

"I'm Still Here" -- which on Sunday won Brazil's first Oscar, in the best international film category -- traces a family's ...

Rio de Janeiro held the first day of its famous Carnival samba parades Sunday -- with many attendees also eying activities ...

Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more ...

This island, often celebrated for its natural beauty and culture, hosts one of world's most famous and exuberant Carnivals in the world.

Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here scooped the Best International Feature Film Oscar, marking the first time that an entry from ...

The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship.

I’m Still Here,” a film about a family torn apart by the military dictatorship that ruled Brazil for more than two decades, ...