From historic museums to hidden treasures, Rio de Janeiro offers a vast range of attractions for every traveler. Explore cultural landmarks like the Museum of Tomorrow, the Museum of Modern Art, and ...

Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, part of a state effort to ‘reclaim territory.’ Jan. 19, 2022 ...

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.

When Joaquim Levy quit his post as vice president for the Inter-American Development Bank to become the finance secretary of Rio de Janeiro early last year, more than a few people thought he was ...

The US Supreme Court effectively ended affirmative action policies in a 2023 ruling, stating race-based college admissions ...

The Brazilian seaside city of Rio de Janeiro is known for its famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, but every July, another ...

Then it gets even better! In October 2009, the International Olympic Committee chooses Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, beating out rich cities like Tokyo and Madrid and even ...

More: Rio de Janeiro mayor wants to project Taylor Swift T-shirt on Jesus Christ statue "They will project something about her," Ulths de Carvalho said. "We just don’t know if it will be the ...

Brazil was booming in 2009 when Rio de Janeiro won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now the country is gripped by political scandal and facing its worst recession since the 1930s.

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro canceled New Year's Eve celebrations after Brazil confirmed the first known cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Latin America’s biggest country.

Olympic Games Go to Rio 14 photos. RIO DE JANEIRO-- Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with ...

Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a ...