Topic: Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters Life!) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's capital of samba and Carnival, is a city forever defined in people's imagination by its miles of golden beach that on weekends draw millions of sun-worshippers. But there is much more to ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday. The shows are set for undisclosed locations in Sao Paulo on Thursday and ...
Madonna visits Sao Paulo and impresses likely candidate for Brazil's presidencyMadonna spent an hour talking about helping Brazil's poor children with a man who could become the country's next president. He came away wowed by her youthful appearance. Sao Paulo state Gov. ...
Brazil's president says he'll be more careful about his health but will maintain the busy work schedule blamed for an attack of high blood pressure last week. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was forced to cancel a trip to Switzerland for ...
2 founding members of Cuba's Buena Vista Social Club tuning up for 3-city tour of BrazilTwo of the youngest founding members of Cuba's legendary Buena Vista Social Club held a jam session in central Havana on Thursday, a tuneup for their three-city ...
Rio de Janeiro was wrapping up its famed Carnival parades in the early hours of Tuesday, after two days of effervescent partying that attracted celebrity guests. Dancing beauties wearing little more than strategically placed sequins and broad smiles led choreographed troupes and ...
Rio's Carnival gives 40-somethings a chance as samba starsBrazil's Carnival, long a symbol of youth, beauty and sex, added a mature twist Monday by giving two women in their 40s a chance to dance nearly nude at the head of their samba ...
Rio de Janeiro was Monday reveling in its famous Carnival parades, which this year were looking like a feverish, last bash before the sharp teeth of the global economic crisis really bite deep. Topless Carnival queens, costumed dancers, huge thematic floats and ...
Rio de Janeiro was Monday reveling in its famous Carnival parades, which this year were looking like a feverish, ultimate bash before the sharp teeth of the global economic crisis really bite deep. Topless Carnival queens, costumed dancers, huge thematic floats and ...
Brazil's Carnival feels economic crisis, but the dancing and debauchery must go onFrom where he sits inside Rio's Sambadrome, a snack vendor mulls what the global financial crisis means for "the greatest party on earth." First, the bad news: fewer foreigners at ...
