One week in the ongoing police strike, Salvador - one of the popular tourist cities in Brazil – has been stricken with violent unrest. Over the last three days, commerce has closed in downtown and in ...

With talks stalled between the state government and striking police officers in the Brazilian state of Bahia, the police have taken aim at the country's iconic Carnival celebration in a move meant to ...

Brazil is passionate about celebrations, its enormous cultural diversity resulting in a rich calendar of events held ...

Festive Land examines one of the largest and most extraordinary popular celebrations in the world, the week-long Carnival that brings more than two million people to the streets of Salvador, the ...

They couldn't see it, but they could hear it. Carnival revelers Sunday in northeastern Brazil 's Madre de Deus heard the aluminum can street party before spotting it: More than 30 paraders decked out ...

Disgruntled police across Brazil are taking aim at the country’s iconic Carnival celebration, raising threats to the annual street parties that draw hordes of foreigners as a way to press their ...

Rhythm is king in this seaside city long known as the capital of Afro-Brazilian culture, or more simply as the Black Rome–and not only at carnival. Drums thunder from behind the colorful walls of ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

"Go to hell, and tag your location once you're there!" Netflix has debuted an official trailer for a very cheesy Brazilian friendship comedy called Carnaval, an obvious "carnal" play on the festive ...