When marketing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's national tourism agency typically focuses on the city's world-class beaches, samba-filled music scene and caipirinha-fueled parties. Violent crime is rarely ...

Jack Nicas, The New York Times’s Brazil bureau chief, has lived in Rio de Janeiro since 2021. When you arrive, Rio de Janeiro hits you in the face. First, the humidity engulfs you. Next, you ...

Brazil’s tourist hot spot of Rio de Janeiro now wants to become the nation’s cryptocurrency capital, and plans to dedicate part of its reserves to digital money. In a decree published Friday ...

A team of state public health workers in Rio de Janeiro is working to combat a surge in dengue fever cases during Brazil's tourist season. The nation has seen 512,000 cases.

[1/2] Drums queen Sabrina Sato from Unidos de Vila Isabel samba school performs during the second night of the Carnival parade at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, April 24, 2022.

When Joaquim Levy quit his post as vice president for the Inter-American Development Bank to become the finance secretary of Rio de Janeiro early last year, more than a few people thought he was nuts.

When marketing Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's national tourism agency typically focuses on the city's world-class beaches, samba-filled music scene and caipirinha-fueled parties. Violent crime is rarely ...