Rio de Janeiro is the capital of Carnival in Brazil—a dazzling, five-day extravaganza of parades, music, and street parties.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tom Sanderson is a Barcelona-based writer who covers Spanish football. Brazilian football player Neymar attends the parade of the ...

Dancers rehearse at Estacao Primeira de Mangueira, one of Brazil’s most traditional samba schools, in Rio de Janeiro. The school announced that the theme of its 2020 performance will be the story of ...

The sanctuary at her evangelical mega-church in Rio de Janeiro is where Eleonor Teresa Sousa comes to feel closer to God, and farther from the sin of a city gearing up for carnival. Sousa, 75, proudly ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — The annual Carnival parade of flamboyant samba schools in Rio de Janeiro won’t be held in February as planned because of the coronavirus — the first time the over-the-top event has ...