RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — The mere idea that U.S. soldiers on leave from Iraq see Rio's carnival as a free-floating sex party has Brazilians outraged. A report in Britain's The Guardian newspaper that ...

Talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives. These palms were introduced by landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx in the 1960s.

Gathering Hollywood and Brazilian talent, the Golden Globes will hold a tribute gala in Rio in recognition of Brazil’s film ...

In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

Both forces have tactical units, including the military police’s BOPE division, which has been involved in some of Brazil's ...

An extraordinary botanical spectacle is drawing crowds in Rio de Janeiro: several talipot palm trees, planted more than six ...

Anna Kepner's mysterious death aboard a Carnival cruise ship was a homicide by "mechanical asphyxiation," according to a new report. The 18-year-old was found dead aboard the Carnival Horizon on Nov.

Tens of thousands of Brazilians have protested against a bill that could reduce former President Jair Bolsonaro's prison time ...

Tens of thousands of women in cities across Brazil have rallied against gender-based violence amid record numbers of female ...

CARNEIRO: Composer Marquinhos de Oswaldo Cruz takes his artistic name from the working-class Rio suburb of Oswaldo Cruz, and that's where we're going. This is the 30th edition of the samba train, the ...