Rio de Janeiro has been officially recognized by Guinness World Records as the host of the world's largest New Year's Eve ...

Seven cruise ships are set to gather in Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana for the town’s New Year’s Eve festivities. Vessels from ...

The highlight of the celebration was the historic fireworks display in Copacabana, which lit up the city’s sky for 12 minutes ...

Mayor Eduardo Paes (centrist) set aside one of the city's music stages for gospel, a genre closely tied to evangelical ...

The custom of wearing white emerged from Afro-Brazilian religious rituals that were once criminalized and later absorbed into ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Rio de Janeiro has been awarded the Guinness world record for the largest-ever New Year's Eve ...

Devotees of gathered on Monday at Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach to honor African sea goddess Yemanja in a traditional New ...

The iconic statue Christ the Redeemer stands over Rio, receiving visitors with open arms to the cidade maravilhosa (“wonderful city”). It’s a sign of welcome to a geographically dramatic pocket of ...

Shawn Mendes and Bruna Marquezine were seen exiting a restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, adding to recent public sightings ...

An Avengers comic book featuring a kiss between two male superheroes has sold out at a Rio de Janeiro book fair after the city’s conservative mayor attempted to block it from sale, according to Agence ...