RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Far from Rio de Janeiro's boisterous beach block parties and its world renowned Samba competitions, Carnival is celebrated decidedly differently. Out in the landlocked working ...

RECIFE, Brazil — For the first 27 years he was in practice, most patients were thrilled to visit Dr. Pedro Pires’s ultrasound clinic, where he and his magic machine would give them a first, grainy ...

A vibrant, skimpy ensemble worn at a Caribbean Carnival is so much more than a visual delight: “It’s a celebration of women’s glory in themselves.” The blinged-out swimsuits and colorful plumage seen ...

“It was a critical evaluation, one of disapproval and condemnation of Nazism,” said Luiz Kignel, president of the Sao Paulo Jewish federation. RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A leading Brazilian Jewish ...

For Carnival in Brazil, lots of women don giant feather headdresses and skimpy bikinis. But for a pre-Carnival event, Elaine Cuoto is dressed as a mosquito — complete with a long proboscis and ...