RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 24 (Reuters) - Samba schools in Rio de Janeiro decided on Thursday to delay Brazil's most famous Carnival parade that would normally have been held in February 2021, as the ...

Single, colorful bird looking for love. The last known wild macaw in Rio de Janeiro is so lonely she’s looking for love at the city’s zoo. For the last two decades a wild blue-and-yellow macaw has ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, March 19 (Reuters) - The beaches of Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro will be closed this weekend, according to a municipal decree enacted on Friday, as the local government seeks to stem ...

Illegal and unplanned settlements will grow in cities everywhere as urbanization accelerates. Digital technology can help residents connect to services they need. Finding your way through Rocinha in ...

Formula 1's plan to move the F1 Brazilian Grand Prix from Sao Paulo to Rio de Janeiro in 2021 continues to move forward. On Monday, Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro met with F1 CEO Chase Carey in ...

In the early morning of May 6, police in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro sent heavily-armed officers supported by helicopters and armored vehicles into Jacarezinho, a vast poor neighborhood of ...

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A plan to create a new mathematics campus with student accommodation in Rio de Janeiro is being challenged by residents as it calls for the removal of 255 trees in a patch of the already severely ...

A cross between a dive bar and a greasy spoon, Rio de Janeiro’s beloved (and proudly filthy) hole-in-the wall joints are some of the most democratic spaces in a deeply unequal city. Samba has returned ...