A few days after Carnival in Brazil in 2025, one of the country’s premier samba schools, Salgueiro, issued a blistering critique on Instagram of the Rio de Janeiro judges. Salgueiro is a perennial top ...

The runway is alive with colour and music. Samba dancers fill the stadium, their sparkling, feather-bedecked costumes painting the scene in blocks of neon green, fuchsia pink, lemon yellow and ...

Brazil has been in party mode since February 13 with the 2026 Carnival celebration, which wraps up this weekend. The atmosphere has been especially festive in Rio de Janeiro, where city officials were ...

The Boi Tolo, one of the city’s most iconic street parties, has come to represent the glittery, gritty grass-roots celebration far from the glamour of the official parades. Revelers taking part in the ...

Rio de Janeiro police officers kitted themselves out as thieves from the series “Money Heist” and as Jason Voorhees from the “Friday the 13th” horror movie franchise to blend in with crowds ...

Opposition claims tribute to Lula is illegal early campaigning Courts reject most lawsuits, one still pending Lula's aides take precautions to avoid election law violations BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The mayor of Rio de Janeiro gave King Momo the key to the Brazilian city on Friday, ushering in the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the festivities. Subscribe to read ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager — a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism — she never ...

When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager — a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism — she never imagined that six decades ...