In February, I spent a week in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with friends for the Rio Carnival festival. Seeing the floats and performers, and places my Brazilian grandpa told me about, felt magical. The ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Drums, vuvuzelas, flags and stadium chants. The Jeunesse Arena in Rio de Janeiro — with 18,000 fans in attendance — roars and trembles as the best teams in the world compete on the ...

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

Chefs say Rio de Janeiro's culinary scene is popular at Carnival but deserves recognition year-round. The Brazilian chefs Leticia Schwartz and Luiza Souza shared their favorite dishes, including ...

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In Santo Cristo, a neighborhood in the marvelous city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the construction of a new building, Porto Maravalley, promises to usher in a new age of technology startups in the city ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, frevo — ...