Premiering in the international competition at Visions du Réel, “Saudades Eternas” is the feature debut of visual artist and ...

SOL NASCENTE, Brazil (AP) — The buzzing main avenue of this poor Brazilian neighborhood is filled with people popping off buses after work or grabbing a bite. Teens attend an open-air rap battle and ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Can you imagine the terror that grips you when paradise suddenly morphs into a war zone? Rio de Janeiro, a city famed for its ...

In September, as a heat wave pushed temperatures in Brazil to record heights, a few dozen volunteers in yellow and blue hard hats carefully installed a rectangular array of panels onto the roof of a ...

People from across the world queue for hours to get a video taken on the famous ‘Gateway to Heaven’ rooftop in the heart of Brazil’s most iconic city It was day three of the British family’s holiday ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — It all started with nifty leg movements, strong steps backwards and forwards, paced to Brazilian funk music. Then it adopted moves from break dancing, samba, capoeira, ...

"My boyfriend had the idea of renting my apartment, but I wasn't convinced," says Milvvia Goncalves, who put her two-bedroom home in Rio's Cantagalo neighborhood on Airbnb. "I thought who's going to ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - A line of tourists touch up their makeup before strutting across a rooftop in Rio de Janeiro's largest favela, posing for a drone as it zooms out to show dramatic aerial views of the ...

LONDON (Reuters Life!) - With their thunderous, catchy rhythms, samba-influenced dance routines and infectious enthusiasm, AfroReggae could be mistaken for just another Brazilian band that has made it ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The death toll in a massive police raid targeting a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro rose to at least 121 people, authorities said Thursday. An operation launched Tuesday in ...