Vania Pereira da Silva, a seamstress and member of the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school, points to a wall damaged by stray bullets inside her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil ” A leader of one of Rio’s premiere samba parade groups was shot to death early Wednesday, just days before the city’s famed Carnival celebrations. Guaracy Paes Falcao, 42, vice ...

One of Rio's most storied Samba schools will explore the "Pain and Passion" of the lives of the Bantu people in the city. Bantu people were the majority of Black people enslaved in Rio. Modern Brazil ...

Some kids were not allowed to attend Wednesday's carnival at Morris Intermediate School 61 in Staten Island. Angel Chevrestt Only weeks after a Queens principal was bounced for barring students from a ...

Carnival in Rio de Janeiro is a glittering affair that attracts tourists from all over the world. There is, however, a murky and sometimes violent underbelly to the celebrations that recently came ...

Rio de Janeiro's Carnival went up in flames for thousands of people who spent nearly a year preparing for the what has been called the World's Greatest Party. It begins on March 5th. There were no ...

WITH A dizzying swirl of gyrating samba dancers and pulsating music, Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival is one of the world’s biggest and most flamboyant celebrations. Thousands of dancers, many wearing little ...