Rio de Janeiro really, really surprised me. I knew the city would be interesting, but I wasn’t expecting to be this blown ...

The Secretariat of Prizes and Betting (SPA) of Brazil’s Ministry of Finance has issued new ordinances authorizing 12 more companies to operate 30 sports betting and online gaming platforms in the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Drum queen Lorena Raissa from Beija-Flor samba school performs during Carnival celebrations at the ...

A street artist in a pharmacy in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), February 23 ... sometimes leaves something to be desired. On February 12, a fire broke out at the Maximus Confecçoes textile factory ...

Rio de Janeiro: Rio de Janeiro's massive Sambadrome erupted in noisy celebrations Sunday as the news broke that Brazil won its first ... At Rio's Sambadrome, the top 12 samba schools will compete ...

Members of the Padre Miguel samba school performing at the Sambadrome during Carnival festivities in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. REUTERS ...

The film is based on a true story set in 1970s Rio de Janeiro, when Brazil was living under a military dictatorship. Actress Fernanda Torres was also nominated for an Oscar for her leading role as ...

Tens of thousands of cheering fans pack the bleachers of Rio de Janeiro’s Sambadrome to see the first night of the top samba schools’ Carnival parades in Brazil. Rio Carnival 2025 LIVE: Watch Samba ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday afternoon, with Saturday marking the first full day ...

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 ...

where her father—who ran one of Rio de Janeiro’s most influential newspapers, Diário Carioca—was exiled. Raised among the elite, Lota arrived in Brazil in 1928 at the age of 18. She was ...