BRAZIL CARNIVAL
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Arts & Entertainment
Rio celebrates return of Carnival after pandemic
By Maria Angelica Troncoso Rio de Janeiro, Apr 20 (EFE).- After being called off last year due to the Covid-19…
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Life & Leisure
Brazil using Rio Carnival parades to integrate refugees
By Carlos A. Moreno Rio de Janeiro, Apr 14 (EFE).- Parading with one of the samba schools in the Rio…
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Religion
Samba schools start return countdown after 2-year hiatus due to Covid
By Maria Angelica Troncoso Rio de Janeiro, Apr 12 (EFE).- While the religious faithful dust off statuettes of the Virgin…
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Arts & Entertainment
For some in Rio, Carnival must go on regardless of Covid-19
Rio de Janeiro, Mar 1 (EFE).- Though the official Carnival has been postponed due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, many…
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Arts & Entertainment
Revelers enliven canceled Brazil street carnival
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb 27 (EFE).- A large group of samba dancers in outlandish attires gathered in the Brazilian…
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Health
Brazil’s Sao Paulo state governor leaves decision on Carnival to mayors
Sao Paulo, Jan 12 (EFE).- The governor of Brazil’s Sao Paulo state, Joao Doria, on Wednesday left in the hands…
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Politics
Rio de Janeiro cancels Carnival street parades, limiting them to Sambadrome
Rio de Janeiro, Jan 4 (EFE).- The Rio de Janeiro Carnival celebration, for the second consecutive year, will not include…
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Health
Brazil wraps up odd Carnival without samba but with clandestine parties
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 16 (efe-epa).- Brazil on Tuesday is wrapping up this year’s Carnival, an unusual celebration given the…
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