The world s biggest carnival returned in full force since COVID-19, with attendees celebrating both the end of the pandemic and veteran leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ousting incumbent and ultra-conservative Jair Bolsonaro in October s presidential elections.
By Maria Angelica Troncoso Rio de Janeiro, Feb 3 (EFE).- More than 60 lower-level samba schools in Rio de Janeiro, home to Brazil’s most emblematic carnival, are determined to stand apart from the crowd, work their way from one tier to the next and eventually earn a place among the elite clubs in the city’s …
By Cynthia Garcia A Brazilian artist who confounded the art world with his revolutionary energy is finally getting his due at the Art Institute of Chicago, which currently hosts the artist’s first American retrospective. Born in Rio, Hélio Oiticica’s anarchic socio-political ideals refused all stripes of repression and criticized the staid influence of Western art
João Pina’s photographs of Rio de Janeiro show how life remained a struggle for many residents during Brazil’s boom years. His book’s title? “46570,” a reference to the number of murders in the city in the decade leading up to the 2016 Olympic Games.