Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Samba school Academicos de Niteroi from a city neighboring Rio, is the first school to honor a serving president (Pablo ...

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A drag queen is headlining the parade of one of Rio de Janeiro's most storied samba schools Monday night as Carnival celebrations across the country continue the tradition of ridiculing cultural icons ...

The accident late Sunday, which coincided with heavy drizzle, marred the start of the all-night samba dance-off at the Sambodromo stadium. The truck, topped with one of the extravagant floats that ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — At a classical orchestra, a conductor’s raised hands often means the start of a performance. Tracing shapes in the air could point to how each beat must come. And one’s free fingers ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - As samba queens got final touch-ups on their sequins and feathers and hundreds of thousands of revelers took command of Rio's streets for Carnival's opening on Friday, Leo Name was ...

Fran BLANDY AFP Feb 15, 2026 Feb 15, 2026 Updated Feb 16, 2026 A colossal metallic robot depicting Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva towered over Rio de Janeiro's famed Sambadrome avenue on Sunday ...

A colossal metallic robot depicting Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva towered over Rio de Janeiro's famed Sambadrome avenue on Sunday night, in a Carnival parade that has drawn fire for its tribute ...