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A civil police officer co-piloting a helicopter was shot in the head on Thursday while authorities conducted an operation in Rio de Janeiro, authorities said. The officer was working as part of a raid ...

Subtle hand signs likewise coordinate the hundreds of pounding drummers in each of the glitzy Carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro. The roughly 70,000 spectators filling the bleachers each of the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Carnival parade in Rio de Janeiro will ... Benevides identifies as “travesti,” a term referring to a specific Latin American identity that activists say is claimed by people ...

Soccer fans joined retirees in demanding higher pensions and opposing austerity measures implemented by President Javier ...

In a journey that promises a lot of innovation in Brazil, Pragmatic Play was at the recent SBC Rio, where it officially presented its sportsbook for the first time in Latin America. Victor Arias, VP ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch on Friday, opening King Momo’s five-day reign over the festivities. “Don’t call me.

Niterói is a city with nearly 500,000 residents in southeast Brazil, connected to Rio de Janeiro by a bridge across Guanabara Bay. This deployment, covering 10 square kilometers, marks SoundThinking’s ...

Drum queen Fabiola de Andrade from the Mocidade samba school smiles during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado) Performers from the ...

As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon characters paraded alongside their owners in one of the city’s most beloved canine ...