One week in the ongoing police strike, Salvador - one of the popular tourist cities in Brazil – has been stricken with violent unrest. Over the last three days, commerce has closed in downtown and in ...

Festive Land examines one of the largest and most extraordinary popular celebrations in the world, the week-long Carnival that brings more than two million people to the streets of Salvador, the ...

They couldn't see it, but they could hear it. Carnival revelers Sunday in northeastern Brazil 's Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out ...

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Luanda — Angolan singer, Matias Damásio, is being honoured Tuesday in Salvador, Brazil, for his participation in this year's edition of Bahia carnival. According to the artist, who was speaking to ...

RIO DE JANEIRORIO DE JANEIRO — Sound begins blasting ear drums and rattling bones even before the speakers — hauled by big rigs creeping their way through Brazil’s thronging Carnival crowds — draw ...