SAO PAULO -- Police in Rio de Janeiro carried out raids against a criminal group Friday that allegedly operated a clandestine ...

Olympic Park, in Rio de Janeiro, will host the first world championship of this sport in South America, bringing together ...

Brazil's Transpetro, the logistics subsidiary of state-run oil firm Petrobras , is set to relaunch a tender for building ...

State-run oil firm Petrobras is worried about an upcoming change in Brazil's reference oil price that determines some taxes ...

Rio de Janeiro offers a variety of street spots, but one location stands out for its smooth ground, open space, and ...

Rio de Janeiro really, really surprised me. I knew the city would be interesting, but I wasn’t expecting to be this blown ...

A team of state public health workers in Rio de Janeiro is working to combat a surge in dengue fever cases during Brazil's tourist season. The nation has seen 512,000 cases.

Neighborhoods in Brazil 's Rio de Janeiro state remained flooded Monday more than a day after torrential rains that killed at least 11 people. The heavy downpour wreaked havoc over the weekend ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Before the coronavirus pandemic forced the city to cancel Carnival and New Year’s celebrations, Rio de Janeiro regularly teemed with international tourists. But in 2021, when ...

Brazil has a new biggest favela, and it’s not in Rio de Janeiro Streets are flooded by rain in the Sol Nascente favela of Brasilia, Brazil, on March 22.

Rio de Janeiro has been particularly progressive in its policy towards street art, with its 1999 “ Não pixe, grafite” (Don’t Tag, Graffiti) project that brought together 35 graffiti artists ...

A Brazilian police vehicle takes two people wounded by gunfire to Nova Iguacu General Hospital in Rio de Janeiro state. The hospital, one of the main trauma centers, in 2017 treated 687 people who ...