Brazil Travel News

In this March 28, 2013 file photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, Pope Francis kisses the foot of an inmate at the juvenile detention center of Casal del Marmo, Rome.

Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin is here to film a promotional video for this year's World Cup soccer tourney in Brazil and will remain in Rio de Janeiro for several days, Brazilian media said Monday.

According to E! Brazil, the rapper arrived in Rio de Janeiro early Saturday morning and was quite the delightful visitor by being very polite to those he interacted with and posing for selfies with everybody from the young fans to the local celebrities.

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If the hangovers many are nursing after their annual Carnival celebrations weren't enough, residents of Rio de Janeiro awoke Wednesday to smelly streets, mounting household garbage and heaps of party refuse uncollected for a fifth consecutive day.

The Brazilian online travel agency Hotel Urbano has gotten a 120 million Reais reservation from the powerhouse hedge fund investor Tiger Global Management and previous backer Insight Venture Partners .

Feathers, floats, sequins and samba - it's safe to say that this past weekend was a spectacle of carnivals across the globe, from Rio de Janeiro to Cape Town.

Rio De Janeiro, March 7: Brazil's northeastern city of Salvador will stage an out-of-season Carnival in a bid to attract tourists during this year's World Cup, the media reported.

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The U.S. Soccer Federation says the 13th-ranked Americans will host No. 93 Azerbaijan at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on May 27, then play No.

Madame Presidenta: Why Not U.S.? , a new film exploring the increased role women are having in shaping new democracies and leading governments across the globe, will premiere on March 8, 2014 at the Carnegie Museum of Art Theater in Pittsburgh, PA at 8:00 p.m. The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the director, Heather Arnet, and a dessert ... (more)

Pope Francis greets the faithful as he arrives at Copacabana Beach to celebrate mass on his sixth day in Rio de Janeiro, July 27, 2013.

If the hangovers many are nursing after their annual Carnival celebrations weren't enough, residents of Rio de Janeiro awoke Wednesday to smelly streets, mounting household garbage and heaps of party refuse uncollected for a fifth consecutive day.

Brazil is commemorating the 100-day mark to the World Cup by lighting up tourist attractions with the green and yellow colors of the national flag.

Known internationally as the cultural expression of the Brazilian people, the Carnival of Rio de Janeiro also became a major source of business for the city.

It was fun to watch incredible athletes from around the world compete in the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.

To the beat of drums and tambourines, hundreds of revellers from around the world dressed up as Carmelite nuns and other characters on Friday to celebrate the first day of Carnival in Rio de Janeiro.

Adidas is withdrawing a series of risque Brazilian-themed T-shirts ahead of this summer's Fifa World Cup, after complaints that they encourage sex tourism.

At a creative conference you always expect to hear from pros in the industry, but boy, was Marcello Serpa a treat on day two of Design Indaba.

Even if a trip to New Orleans isn't in your travel plans this winter, you don't have to miss celebrating Mardi Gras.