As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon characters ...

One of Saturday’s popular early-morning street parties is Friends of the Jaguar, on a beach looking across the water at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Thousands of revelers are here, all decked ...

There were at least 40 cases last year in which thieves drugged travelers in their hotel rooms so they could steal their ...

The best picture and best actress nominations for “I’m Still Here” have inspired national pride in a country whose culture ...

For decades, nobody was held accountable for killings and forced disappearances at the hands of Brazil’s military junta. “I’m ...

Transgender women took a salsa class ahead of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. Ecuadorians demanded the government pay overdue ...

A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will present the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake in the 16th century, ...

Just in time for carnival, Assouline's shiny new tome on Rio de Janeiro celebrates the spirit of the Marvelous City.

The Oscar-nominated film tells the true story of a former Brazilian lawmaker who was abducted under Latin America’s longest ...

Brazil's Petrobras posted a net loss of 17 billion reais ($2.8 billion) in its fourth quarter due to non-recurring events, ...