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

Trending destinations are often those boasting incredible natural scenery, impressive historical monuments, cultural hubs or world-class food. But now, in Brazil, Rio de Janeiro's favelas are seeing ...

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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 ...

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — 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, frevo — ...

"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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

The Christ the Redeemer statue is visible above the Santa Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro. In the opening ceremony of Rio's Olympic Games, Brazil's favelas, or shantytowns, were showcased as the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A police operation ...