OPINION: It’s carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history. Here’s some Afro-Brazilian history from some of the most legendary Afro-carnival ...

'Cariocas,' as the residents of Rio call themselves, are preparing for an emotional return of the annual carnival for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 ...

Beyond the swirl of floats, feathers, carnival is big business, moving some four billion reais ($800 million) and creating at least 45,000 jobs. Each samba school in the competition has 60 to 70 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday afternoon, with Saturday marking the first full day of ...

SAO PAULO (AP) — A top samba school’s use of blackface in a Carnival parade sparked debate Tuesday about depictions of race in Brazil, which is still grappling with a fraught racial legacy. The ...

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. The ...

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's Twitter militancy in the country's culture wars took an unexpected turn this week as he faced a backlash for sharing a video of the salacious behavior he has ...

Social media in the country reacted angrily to a top samba school's presentation featuring two groups in blackface. By The Associated Press A top samba school’s use of blackface in a Carnival parade ...