The parade of the samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói on 15 February was the most controversial of this year’s Carnival competition in Brazil.

Rio's recent dog-centric off-shoot to the annual Carnival celebrations, draws attention to the growth in block parties for pets and their parents.

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In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hundreds of thousands of people cover themselves in glitter for the biggest party in the world, ...

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Marielle Franco's murder at the age of 38 in Rio de Janeiro sparked protests across Brazil.

When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil's northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager -- a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism -- she never imagined that a samba ...

Philippe Coutinho’s abrupt exit from Vasco has been tied to off-field issues, with Carnival said to have triggered a marital ...

Two samba schools at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival used their parades to honor Black Brazilian female authors Conceição Evaristo and Carolina Maria de Jesus, highlighting the struggles of Black women in ...

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Carnival finished up in Bolivia. And in Argentina, “therians” — people who say they identify as non-human animals — gathered ...