In Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, a crop of imported palms is flowering for the first and only time after being planted by renowned ...

Talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives. These palms were introduced by landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx in the 1960s.

Both forces have tactical units, including the military police’s BOPE division, which has been involved in some of Brazil's ...

Rio de Janeiro is a seaside city in Brazil. It is famous for its beaches and the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue on top of Mount Corcovado. Brazil’s culture is known for its ethnic diversity and ...

Discover Time Out's "coolest street" for 2025, a Rio thoroughfare home to both upscale and laid-back eateries, trendy bars, ...

Brazilian Fernanda Torres received the Golden Globe for best actress in a motion picture – drama in 2025, and Kleber Mendonca ...

At least 132 people have died in a massive police raid aimed at organized crime in Rio de Janeiro, the regional public defender’s office said on Wednesday. Among the dead are four Brazilian police ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — About 2,500 Brazilian police and soldiers launched a massive raid on a drug-trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday, arresting 81 suspects and sparking shootouts that left at ...

eople stand next to the bodies with a sign that reads "Claudio Castro (Rio de Janeiro governor) assassin and terrorist" in the Penha neighborhood a day after a massive anti-gang police operation took ...

Filmmaker Fernando Frias de la Parra takes us on an adventure from Rio de Janeiro's Ipanema beach, down the coast to Angra, and ends in the preserved colonial city of Paraty. Along the way we try the ...

Marriages celebrated under Umbanda and Candomblé religious rites are now officially recognized in the Brazilian State of Rio ...

This is the horrifying moment gunmen opened fire at a hotel bar in Rio de Janeiro, killing three orthopedic surgeons and wounding another. Footage of the barbaric attack shows three assailants hopping ...