A lit torch of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic games during a dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Rio Olympics flame, in Ancient Olympia, southern Greece, on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The meticulously ...

Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro is shown from above in Brazil, surrounded by tall city buildings, streets, trees, and nearby public spaces. The view gives a clear look at this historic cultural ...

Read the original version in Portuguese here. On Wednesday, November 23, starting at 9:00 AM, Estácio will host a meeting with government officials, business leaders, merchants, and others interested ...

Rio’s downtown draws few visitors beyond those who stream into Lapa for the nightclubs. But “for you to understand the history of Brazil, you have to understand the historic center,” says Márcio ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) For most visitors to Rio de Janeiro, and even for many residents, the city's historic downtown is a blur, a canyonland of office towers punctuated by the odd colonial-era church - ...

Driving in downtown Rio de Janeiro the other day, I had to slam on the brakes as a sequined carnival reveler wearing a Speedo and fishnet stockings danced across the thoroughfare. His companion, in ...

For most visitors to Rio de Janeiro, and even for many residents, the Brazilian city’s historic downtown is a blur, a canyonland of office towers punctuated by the odd colonial-era church — all to be ...