Before the prayer and sacrifice of Christianity’s Lenten season, there’s a time to celebrate. And nobody celebrates like Rio de Janeiro, where people come together to party in the streets, bars and ...

Men toast with beer while wading in mud during the "Bloco da Lama" or Mud Street Carnival party in Paraty, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 25, 2017. Legend has it the "bloco" was born in 1986 after local teens ...

Rio de Janeiro, 27 February (BelTA - Xinhua) - Brazil's famous celebration, Carnival of Rio de janeiro 2017, began on Friday and will last until March 1.

Hundreds of people gathered in downtown Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to kick off Carnival 2017 festivities a month early. More than ten bloco groups (street bands that mobilize crowds during carnival ...

There were no details about the scope of the deployment but the state's Defense Minister was to give a press conference on Tuesday. The defense ministry announced late Monday that "from this moment, ...

Brazil’s deployment of thousands of military police to Rio de Janeiro ahead of Carnival, amid fears of police strikes linked to a budget crisis and a security plan that recycles flawed policies, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The mayor of this sultry metropolis slashed funding for Carnival, the city's gay pride parade and a procession honoring an Afro-Brazilian goddess. Mayor Marcelo Crivella, a ...