Rio de Janeiro in Brazil is home to the world's largest urban rain forest. Woven among the city's bustling neighborhoods are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro ...

Brazil’s Supreme Court decided on Thursday to postpone a decision on who can be governor of Rio de Janeiro state amid a power crisis in the country’s postcard region ...

Rio event follows last year's cancellation due to equipment issues Brazilian boat led by Olympic champion Martine Grael New Zealand absent due to Auckland accident, France return after Sydney March 11 ...

Militariy police officers patrol during "Operation Containment" in Rio de Janeiro's Complexo da Penha on October 28. - Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images Armored vehicles rumbling through narrow alleys.

At least 132 people, including four law enforcement officers, were killed Tuesday during a large-scale Brazilian police raid in Rio de Janeiro, according to media reports. The operation, which took ...

Running until Saturday, Rio Fashion Week aims to drive tourism growth and global visibility for Brazilian fashion.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian police operation in Rio de Janeiro favelas on Wednesday killed seven presumed drug traffickers, including a gang chief, as well as a local resident caught in the ...

New and emerging Brazilian directors to track – Jô Serfaty, Thais Fujinaga and filmmaking duo Maju de Paiva and Bernardo Florim – feature at this year's Festival do Rio Goes to Cannes, a pix-in-post ...