Before the prayer and sacrifice of Christianity’s Lenten season, there’s a time to celebrate. And nobody celebrates like Rio de Janeiro, where people come together to party in the streets, bars and ...

A reveler sleeps on the sidewalk during the "Ceu na Terra" or Heaven on Earth street party in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Merrymakers take to the streets in hundreds of open-air ...

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to kick off Carnival 2017 festivities a month early. More than ten bloco groups (street bands that mobilize crowds during carnival ...

Rio de Janeiro, 27 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - Brazil's famous celebration, Carnival of Rio de janeiro 2017, began on Friday and will last until March 1.

Every year, Rio De Janeiro plays host to one of the brightest, boldest and most beautiful parties in the world, as Brazil’s world-famous Samba Parade turns the Latin spirit up to 11. It's a wild ...

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 ...

There were no details about the scope of the deployment but the state's Defense Minister was to give a press conference on Tuesday. Buses were torched as Brazilian anti-austerity protesters clashed ...

Parade winner focussed on 2015 dam disaster on the rio Doce The Rio de Janeiro carnival is famous for its frantic samba rhythms, its array of colours and flamboyant costumes, and the grandeur of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - When he paraded during Carnival at age 14 for the first time with a Rio de Janeiro samba group, Wagner Carvalho did not recognize himself in the mirror. Today, after 16 ...