Revelers gathered Sunday for the Glorious Diving street party, reviving a tradition in Rio de Janeiro that dates back to the ...

Rio police are using costumes at Carnival to blend into street crowds and catch cellphone thieves. On Friday, Carnival kicked off in Rio and many revelers worry about losing their phones. In the ...

Rio de Janeiro has kicked off Carnival celebrations as the mayor hands the city key to King Momo for a playful five-day reign ...

Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is using samba parades to spotlight Black Brazilian women writers who rarely get public recognition ...

Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year’s Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell the stories of Black Brazilian female aut ...

A Rio Carnival samba school has honored Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with a glowing parade, but his rivals are calling it illegal early campaigning. On Sunday night, Academicos ...

That’s exactly what Porto da Pedra will do this weekend at Rio’s famed Sambodrome as annual Carnival celebrations kick off.

Brazilian police have disguised themselves using fancy dress to blend in as Carnival-goers to target phone thieves in Rio de Janeiro. The undercover officers donned masks depicting Captain America, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – The mayor of Rio de Janeiro gave King Momo the key to the Brazilian city on Friday, ushering in the symbolic Carnival monarch’s five-day reign over the festivities. Until Wednesday, ...