Sao Paulo-based startup Samba Ads is announcing a R$3 million ($1 million) investment from a coalition of international investors that are betting on the online video opportunity in Brazil. Brazil is ...

A few days ago, Brazilian online video platform Samba Tech received the Rising Star Award at Chinese tech conference CHINICT. So how did this Latin American startup get there in a few years? Gustavo ...

Explore the shanty towns of Río Janeiro and their role in the city's cultural history. The shanty towns of Río Janeiro play a pivotal role in the city's cultural history. They are home to a rich ...

Performers from Porto da Pedra samba school participate in the samba parade at Cidade do Samba in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Dec. 1, 2023. A two-day event was held here to celebrate Brazil's National ...

Dancers with Unidos de Vila Maria samba school take part in a China-inspired samba show in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Feb. 23, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] Thousands of spectators danced and sang along to the music ...

Brazilian-American musician Beto Gonzalez was too young to understand the country around him when his family returned to Brazil in the 1970s. It was only as he grew older, after coming back to the ...

Thousands of samba dancers have been seen partying in Brazil for the opening of the city's world-famous carnival. The country's 12 top samba schools kicked off the annual parade competition in the ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilians on Friday were grieving the loss of legendary samba singer and force of nature Elza Soares, a day after she died in her Rio de Janeiro home. Family and friends ...

In this photo taken Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, "passista," or samba dancer Diana Prado performs in a carnival parade at central station in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. A call center supervisor by day the ...

“Sake?” questioned one of the passengers on our trek Around the World in the Twin Cities. “Yes, sake is very common in Brazil,” said Jose Luiz Pantano, owner of Samba Taste of Brazil in Hopkins, “You ...

What is the samba soccer style that the Brazil national football team are so famed for? The Selecao are renowned for a way of playing football which has been dubbed the 'samba soccer'. If you've tuned ...