Smooth ground, wild energy, and views that don’t quit — this is the best skate spot in Rio de Janeiro. A must-skate destination in the heart of Brazil 🇧🇷🛹 ...

Some 1,200 police officers have been deployed to Rio de Janeiro’s working-class Jacarezinho neighborhood, part of a state effort to ‘reclaim territory.’ Jan. 19, 2022 ...

The Brazilian seaside city of Rio de Janeiro is known for its famous Copacabana and Ipanema beaches, but every July, another ...

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.

Then it gets even better! In October 2009, the International Olympic Committee chooses Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics, beating out rich cities like Tokyo and Madrid and even ...

A Brazilian physical therapist has been leading a unique project in Rio de Janeiro since 2018, trying to help patients with ...

When Joaquim Levy quit his post as vice president for the Inter-American Development Bank to become the finance secretary of Rio de Janeiro early last year, more than a few people thought he was ...

Neighborhoods in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro state are flooded more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 11 people. Diarlei Rodrigues, Elonore Hughes. Monday 15 January 2024 17:52 GMT.

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Nilma Teles de Freitas, an 80-year-old retired teacher in Brazil who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than a ...

The mayor of Rio de Janeiro canceled New Year's Eve celebrations after Brazil confirmed the first known cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant in Latin America’s biggest country.

Brazil was booming in 2009 when Rio de Janeiro won its bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Now the country is gripped by political scandal and facing its worst recession since the 1930s.