Last week, festivities began in Rio de Janeiro for Carnival, a large celebration involving music, dancing, parades, and parties before the Catholic observance of Lent. Source: Britannica, Insider, The ...

Anyone hoping to escape wall-to-wall coronavirus coverage with a day at the beach can forget about it in Rio de Janeiro, where authorities armed with megaphones blared out messages on Monday ordering ...

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On May 31, hundreds of people in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city in Brazil, joined protesters around the world in marching against police brutality. While the protest was in solidarity with ...

Close to 2 million residents of the Rio de Janeiro’s impoverished favelas are struggling to cope with two lethal threats. The first, Covid-19, affects us all, but is a heightened risk for those who ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -At least 20 people, including two police officers, were killed in a large-scale operation against ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Marcelo Crivella, was arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged kickback scheme, deepening the political turmoil besetting Brazil’s postcard city.

A Rio de Janeiro state court has acquitted the last remaining defendants in a 2019 fire case at Flamengo soccer club's ...

At least 32 people have died since Sunday in southeastern Brazil as heavy rains have swamped the states of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, with more rain predicted and mudslides possible, authorities ...

The death toll in a major police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro has risen to at least 121 people ...

At least 64 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, security officials told CNN Brasil. Among the dead are four police officers, officials ...

PM (Argentina time), the Maracanã Stadium will witness a clash of giants in the first leg of the Copa Libertadores semifinals ...