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Oscar, Brazil and Carnival

Brazil's Oscar Win for ‘I'm Still Here' Just Made for the Craziest Carnival Ever

The best international feature Academy Award for Walter Salles' timely drama backdropped the annual celebrations and validated a political movement: "It's hard to put into words just how big of a moment this is.

Associated Press · 19h

Rio Carnival crowd reacts after ‘I’m Still Here’ wins Oscar for best international film

Crowd reacts at the Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro after ‘I’m Still Here’ won the best international film award for Brazil’s first Oscar in the category.

Santa Rosa Press Democrat · 49m

Oscar fever for Brazil's Fernanda Torres has made her this year's Carnival muse

Brazil’s Carnival muse this year isn’t one of the divas or drum queens parading with the Rio de Janeiro samba schools.

Street vendors dispense party fuel for Rio’s Carnival

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Carnival 2025: Highlights from Brazil’s street parties

Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Follow AP reporters and photographers as they follow Saturday's pre-Lenten parties.

Voice of America · 55m

Street vendors supply thirsty revelers at Rio's Carnival, but face pushback as their numbers grow

Sweat streamed down Talita Ferreira Sanches’ face as she pushed a cart loaded with beer and water up the winding, cobblestone streets in Rio de Janeiro last month, calling out to glitter-covered revelers decked out in fishnet tights.

Yahoo · 12h

Street vendors rely on Rio’s Carnival street parties to sustain them for the rest of the year

Known in Portuguese as “ambulantes” or “camelos," street vendors scour Instagram pages for times and locations, coordinate on WhatsApp groups, then race across parks and up hills, from Rio’s downtown to Copacabana beach,

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Carnival 2025 samba queens set Rio ablaze in jaw-dropping costumes: PHOTOS

The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...

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The Latest: From small dogs to big cats, a day inside Brazil's wild Carnival parties

Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday ...

A samba school rises to Rio Carnival's top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents

Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more ...

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A Rio Carnival parade will tell the story of a trans woman nearly burned at the stake

Onemonth after last year’s Carnival, Brazil’s federal public prosecutor’s office reinforced its demands for financial reparations to Cândido’s family. Rio’s Carnival — watched by ...

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Families, revelers party side-by-side in traditional Carnival in Sao Paulo town

During Carnival, the small Brazilian town of Sao Luiz do Paraitinga’s calm everyday life transforms into a joyful party known ...

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Dogs parade in costume as Rio Carnival kicks off

As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off on Saturday, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon ...

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State Department warns travelers about drugging-dating scam in Brazil

The U.S. consulates and embassy in Brazil issued a security alert Feb. 3 titled “Carnival and Drugging-Dating Scam 2025.” Steve Royster, consular chief at the consulate general in Rio ...

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Rio’s Carnival kicks off as mayor gives key to the city to King Momo

Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch. King Momo’s five-day reign over the ...

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