RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazil's most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021, as the country ...

A cloud of uncertainty that has hung over Rio de Janeiro throughout the coronavirus pandemic has been lifted, but gloom remains — the annual Carnival parade of flamboyant samba schools won’t be held ...

Rio de Janeiro is the latest Brazilian capital to cancel New Year’s Eve celebrations, the city’s mayor, Eduardo Paes, announced Saturday on Twitter. “We respect science,” Paes tweeted, saying that ...

In the early morning of May 6, police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro sent heavily-armed officers supported by helicopters and armored vehicles into Jacarezinho, a vast poor neighborhood of ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19 (Reuters) - The beaches of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro will be closed this weekend, according to a municipal decree enacted on Friday, as the local government seeks to stem ...

AT DAWN ON May 6th residents of Jacarezinho, a favela in Rio de Janeiro, woke to the sound of police helicopters and gunfire. Ten hours later, 28 people were dead, nearly all of them black men.

Formula 1's plan to move the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro in 2021 continues to move forward. On Monday, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro met with F1 CEO Chase Carey in ...