Brazil’s drug gangs haul in more cash from fuel than cocaine
Brazilian drug gangs are bringing in far more money from fuel and other products than from cocaine trafficking, an expansion ...
Brazil's Best Actress Nominee Fernanda Torres On The Oscars Happening Same Time As Carnival: "They Want To Project It In The Streets Of Rio, There Are People Dresse…
One of the Cinderella stories of this Oscar season is undoubtedly the success of Walter Salles’ acclaimed I’m Still Here and ...
Cacá Diegues, renowned Brazilian filmmaker and leading figure in Cinema Novo, dies at 84
Carlos Diegues, one of Brazil’s most renowned filmmakers, has died in Rio de Janeiro, aged 84, the Brazilian Academy of Letters said ...
When is Mardi Gras 2025? What to know about Fat Tuesday, where to celebrate in Texas
Carnival Season typically starts after Epiphany on Jan. 6 and culminates on Ash Wednesday, which falls on March 5 this year.
Fernanda Torres is making the Oscar run of her life. For Brazilians, she’s already won something larger
The Academy Award nominee speaks about her mother, Fernanda Montenegro, Oscar campaigning and the love and support she feels ...
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In Rio de Janeiro, a wrong turn leads from paradise to peril
One victim was visiting Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue. Another hopped into an Uber for a night out in ...
Brazil Says US Ethanol Tariff Would Be Unreasonable, Calls for Sugar Talks
His remarks came after U.S. President Donald Trump moved to scrap decades-old low tariff rates, raising them to match those ...
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Carnival in Rio starts soon. Here’s how to get an early start with the biggest LGBTQ+ parties.
The LGBTQ+ community has blocks dedicated primarily to us or where many gays are present. In these blocks, cruising is ...
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Ten are hurt in Rio, Brazil, factory fire
A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city’s iconic Carnival left 10 people hospitalized, Rio’s state health department said, casting a shad ...
As ‘I’m Still Here' Catches Awards Season Buzz, It's Time to Watch the Utterly Infectious First Brazilian Film To Win an Oscar
The Brazilian film I'm Still Here is gathering steam ahead of its wider American release on the back of its well-deserved 3 ...
Miner Vale to invest $12 billion to expand Carajas site, Brazil government says
Brazilian miner Vale will announce on Friday a 70 billion real ($12.2 billion) investment to expand its iron ore and copper ...
At least 10 hospitalized in fire at Rio de Janeiro's Carnival costume factory
A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city's iconic Carnival left 10 people ...