RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Looking out from atop Corcovado, the 2,310-foot mountain in the heart of Rio, I’m thinking this is a city truly blessed and not just because of the Christ figure presiding ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rio de Janeiro – With three weeks to go before this city’s world renowned Carnival, Rio is getting set to inaugurate Samba City, a kind of theme park that ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The World Cup is over but the Brazilian party will go on—in New York City. Over nine days beginning July 18, nearly 20 acts representing a cross section of Brazilian popular music will ...

A large fire has destroyed Samba City, a part of Rio de Janeiro where costumes and floats for the city's famed carnival are being made. The disaster occurred just about a month before this year's ...

Rio's annual carnival is seen as a money-making extravaganza for the city. But evangelical Mayor Marcelo Crivella isn't a fan and slashed funding for next month's parade, forcing samba schools to cut ...

The Samba Festival symbolizes Brazil, the 'Land of Passion.' The carnival held every February in Rio de Janeiro, a port city in Brazil, is counted among the world's top three festivals alongside Japan ...