“I do not want to leave this place,” I scribbled in my journal the night we flew home. I meant it. Rio de Janeiro has that effect on you. It’s not just the raw natural beauty–though the cinematic ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx ...

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Just like the Baroness d’Escragnolle, my wife is luxuriating in the cascade of the waterfall. Kerry raises her face to the ...

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Biarritz is known for surf-friendly beaches backed by gentle Pyrenean foothills, giving the shoreline a soft mountain frame. The area pairs spa culture with coastal walks, which brings a nice balance ...

As drug production and trafficking increase across the continent, criminal groups of all sizes are diversifying their ...

Rio de Janeiro lit up the night sky as an 80-meter Christmas tree was inaugurated at Botafogo Beach, accompanied by a spectacular fireworks show. The towering installation, illuminated with 2.3 ...

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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 ...

The event involved 13 clubs and 195 children. The year ended with the Water Festival at the Sassuolo swimming pool.