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RIO DE JANEIRO — Colorful floats and flamboyant dancers are delighting tens of thousands jammed into Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Sambadrome, putting on a delayed Carnival celebration after the pandemic ...

When Helena Theodoro, 77, paraded in Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval last year, she momentarily forgot about the struggles of Black Brazilians. The activist and intellectual joined nine esteemed Black women ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The world-famous Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro will be held in late April rather than the final weekend of February, as the number of coronavirus cases in Brazil spikes and ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb 26 (Reuters) - As Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival holiday rolls around this year without official events due to Brazil's ongoing Omicron coronavirus wave, a slew of private ...

Cinco drones vão monitorar os megablocos, gerando imagens dos percursos em áreas consideradas de sombra, ou seja, sem ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s Mayor Eduardo Paes on Wednesday ceremonially handed control of the city to King Momo, a ritual representing the upheaval of the status quo — but it remains to be seen ...

Jan 4 (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro has canceled street parades and parties during its world-famous Carnival for a second year due to an increase in COVID-19 cases and the threat from the arrival of the ...

As the Omicron variant sweeps the globe, the parties in Rio de Janeiro, which ordinarily draw millions of revelers, have been called off for a second year. By Flávia Milhorance and Derrick Bryson ...