Six months since the world had their eyes on on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now, the attention is once again on Brazil. On Friday Feb. 24th, Rio de Janerio kicked off Carnival Rio, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil’s Carnival is back. Glittery and outrageous costumes are once again being prepared. Samba songs will ring out 'til dawn at Rio de Janeiro’s sold-out parade grounds. Hundreds of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival is back. Glittery and outrageous costumes are once again being prepared. Samba songs will ring out till dawn at Rio de Janeiro’s sold-out parade ground. Hundreds of ...

In February, I spent a week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with friends for the Rio Carnival festival. Seeing the floats and performers, and places my Brazilian grandpa told me about, felt magical. The ...

'Cariocas,' as the residents of Rio call themselves, are preparing for an emotional return of the annual carnival for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 ...

HotéisRIO, the Cidade Maravilhosa's hotel owners' association, forecast that hotel occupancy during this year's Carnival festivities reached 95.51%, a substantial increase from last year's 80.18%, ...

With Carnival ending, the Brazilia presidential election can begin in earnest. — -- Samba drums and hypnotic percussions, non-stop flow of positive lyrics about love and "Saudade" in the streets ...

Brazilian police say at least 16 people were electrocuted during a freak accident during a large pre-Carnival parade a days before the world's largest party is set to take place. Witnesses reported a ...

Rio de Janeiro's world-famous Carnival festivities are being postponed as the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil rises. The South American nation has been seeing an increase in Covid-19 cases since ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio's Carnival is here, who do you want to be this year? The wall of Olga Valles' office is a vast tableau of famous faces past and present: Barack Obama smiles warmly, while Yasser ...

Emily Ratajkowski’s new sizzling swimsuit photos from a carnival in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, have turned up the heat on the internet. On March 5, the model posted a carousel of these intriguing and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil spikes and ...