RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Looking out from atop Corcovado, the 2,310-foot mountain in the heart of Rio, I’m thinking this is a city truly blessed and not just because of the Christ figure presiding ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Rio de Janeiro – With three weeks to go before this city’s world renowned Carnival, Rio is getting set to inaugurate Samba City, a kind of theme park that ...

Bottle the pheromones in Rio de Janeiro during carnival, and you’ll become a billionaire overnight. It’s no surprise that the heart of carnival pumps faster in Rio than it does anywhere else in the ...

NEW YORK (AP) – The World Cup is over but the Brazilian party will go on—in New York City. Over nine days beginning July 18, nearly 20 acts representing a cross section of Brazilian popular music will ...

The Samba Festival symbolizes Brazil, the 'Land of Passion.' The carnival held every February in Rio de Janeiro, a port city in Brazil, is counted among the world's top three festivals alongside Japan ...