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Sunday marked the start of Rio de Janeiro’s renowned Carnival samba parades, with many spectators watching events in Hollywood where Brazil might win its first Oscar. The prospect of Brazil winning the Academy Awards with “I’m...

Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro asked for a large-scale protest on Rio’s renowned Copacabana beach later this month to demonstrate the depth of his support as legal obstacles loom. Following a gathering in Sao Paulo in...

Rio de Janeiro’s iconic carnival parades will begin on Sunday with a flurry of glitter, sequins, and samba, marking the culmination of the festival’s first full-on run since Covid-19 and Brazil’s highly controversial elections. The biggest...

Rio de Janeiro’s opulent Municipal Theatre has gone quiet this year as months of unpaid wages emptied its calendar of major works and pushed many ballerinas and opera singers into poverty. The gold and marble theater...

News Hour: It’s their urban Garden of Eden, but residents of Rio de Janeiro’s most unusual neighborhood face the same fate as the inhabitants of the Biblical version: expulsion. Unknown even to many who call Brazil’s...

News Hour: The decision by Rio de Janeiro’s deeply religious new mayor to skip the traditional opening of the world’s most famous carnival overshadowed the party on its opening night Friday, reports BSS. Carnival organizers resplendent...

News Hour: Rio said farewell to the 2016 Paralympics Sunday in a closing ceremony showcasing Brazil’s passion for music and celebrating what many consider to have been a surprisingly successful Games. The famous Maracana football stadium...

News Hour: Switzerland’s highest court declined on Wednesday to issue a preliminary injunction that would have let Russian Paralympic athletes compete at the Rio Games next month, saying instead it will rule later on the team’s...

News Hour: More than 100 Russian Paralympians have individually filed cases to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in order to be allowed to compete at next month’s Games in Rio, Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) Vice President...

News Hour: In a style befitting the carnival traditions of the host city, the Rio 2016 closing ceremony opened in a blaze of color and a musical backdrop of samba sounds, as dancers twisted and turned...