OPINION: It’s carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history. Here’s some Afro-Brazilian history from some of the most legendary Afro-carnival ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazilian children at home, Rio de Janeiro State. Brazil’s demographic makeup has been diverse since colonial times, with ...

“Departure for the coffee harvest by ox cart, Vale do Paraíba, Brazil, c. 1885” (all images courtesy of Instituto Moreira Salles) Enlargement and detail of “Departure for the coffee harvest by ox cart ...

The radical thought, activism, and aesthetics of Beatriz Nascimento provided the historical basis for Black Brazilian movements throughout the 1970s and ’80s under the country’s military dictatorship.

An aerial view shows the construction at the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro. Felipe Cohen / Project Museu Nacional Vive The news arrived with both excitement and a pang of grief: The oldest ...

Along with having the most World Cup wins compared to any other nation (5), Brazil is also the only team on the planet to qualify for every single iteration of the tournament. The country hasn’t won ...

The World Cup in Qatar gets under way in days, and as teams from nations around the globe take to the pitch, one team has a fabled history that stands out among the rest: Brazil. Over the years, the ...