RIO DE JANEIRO — Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, ...

By Bruna Cabral RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 2 (Reuters) - A golden cascade of Talipot tree blossoms has captivated Rio de Janeiro as ...

Fly above Corcovado Hill in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for an aerial view of Christ the Redeemer one of the New Seven Wonders of ...

A floating Christmas tree was inaugurated Sunday in Rio de Janeiro’s Botafogo Cove, adding a new highlight to the city’s ...

A southern suburbs council mayor has been slammed over her “indulgent” taxpayer-funded Brazil trip, with a well-known ...

RIO DE JANEIRO -- Thousands of revelers descended on the boardwalk in Copacabana for Rio de Janeiro’s annual Pride parade on ...

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Even as the flame cauldron from the London 2012 Olympic Games cools, excitement is building for the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Much as in London (“London 2012,” July/August 2012), ...

Protesters marched in Vila Cruzeiro, where days earlier residents laid out dozens of bodies of people killed by police. People look at bodies, lined up by residents, of those killed the day before ...

The public security crisis in Rio de Janeiro, stemming from the mega-operation against the Comando Vermelho criminal faction on Tuesday (28), has mobilized members of the presidential palace and ...

The tourist area – known as Zona Sul (the South Zone) – is generally safe, although exercise caution when walking around at night, especially downtown (Centro), Santa Teresa and Lapa. In all areas of ...

Earlier this week I spoke to Mitcham Mayor Heather Holmes-Ross about her trip to Brazil to attend the COP local government ...