Traditionally relegated to dancing, women in Brazil are continuing to make inroads into the historically male-dominated percussion part of the famous Rio Carnival. The nine days of festivities include ...

In Rio’s iconic Sambadrome, musicians and dancers are hard at work, gearing up for the carnival. Every year, an increasing number of groups featuring professional dancers flock to the city. Among them ...

From spectacular parades to non-stop street parties across the city, Rio Carnival is one of the most liberating parties on ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Samba and literature rarely share the same stage, but at this year's Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, two samba schools used their parades to tell the stories of Black Brazilian ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — It’s a life of stark contrast: By day, Diana Prado is a supervisor at an insurance company’s drably lit call center cramped with blue cubicles. But when night falls, she dazzles ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Lourdes Barreto fled her home in Brazil’s northeastern state of Paraiba as a teenager — a move that launched her into sex work and a lifetime of activism — she never ...