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The world’s biggest party is back as Carnival celebrations return to Brazil with glittery, outrageous costumes, samba rhythms ringing out until dawn and hundreds of ...

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is for the uninitiated an energetic spectacle of joy, beauty and just-let-it-go. But for revelers with years of experience, it is also a test of endurance, street-wise ...

Veteran Carnival fans in Rio say the party is fun, but it also takes planning and endurance. On Sunday, the festival marks ...

Rio de Janeiro on Sunday kicks off three days of dazzling carnival parades with a tribute to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the opposition has criticized as early election campaigning ahead ...

Once a racer for Norway, Pinheiro Braathen switched to Brazil, his mother's home country. In winning the Olympic giant slalom on Saturday, he earned South America's first medal at a Winter Games.

Revelers heading to Carnival parties in Brazil typically don colorful, skimpy outfits and splatter glitter everywhere, but near an old colonial town in the south of the country people cover themselves ...

As Oscar season heats up, the Brazilian city of Recife turns Carnival into a celebration of its hometown film hopeful, The ...

Opposition parties and politicians have filed a flurry of lawsuits alleging that Lula is benefiting from what they describe ...

It's not the first time Brazilian police officers wore costumes to stop phone thieves. Last Sunday, officers dressed as "Ghostbusters" characters caught a woman with 12 cellphones stolen in downtown ...

Mud-covered revelers took over the beach in Paraty, Brazil, on Saturday as part of a Carnival tradition that has grown steadily since it began 40 years ago. In the seaside town near the country’s ...