RIO DE JANEIRO – The Beija-Flor samba group has been declared the champion of Rio de Janeiro's hotly contested Carnival parade competition. The group stoked controversy by staging a presentation ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The samba school Portela was picked Wednesday as the winner of Rio de Janeiro's Carnival parade competition, putting an end to a 33-year drought for the group known as one of the ...

A performer holds a flag with an image of slain councilwoman Marielle Franco during the perform of the Mangueira samba school during Carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, ...

Bangay will become the first LGBTQ-majority group to take part in the Rio carnival's samba parade - Copyright AFP/File Vasiliy BATANOV Bangay will become the first ...

Rio was gearing up Monday for the second and final night of its celebrated carnival, with the stage set for an event that will blend huge party with political protest. More than 70,000 people were ...