Twenty years ago, his father recounted a true story about Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park that few people know. In the 1860s, six enslaved Black Brazilians — Eleuterio, Constantino ...

RIO DE JANEIRO, April 17 (UPI) -- Vandals spray-painted graffiti on Rio de Janiero's Christ The Redeemer statue Friday, taking advantage of scaffolding erected for maintenance work. In the first ...

It is history that was more or less hiding in the midst of a busy modern-day city. In the process of excavating for its port revitalization project, Rio de Janeiro is discovering forgotten pieces ...

The Rio de Janeiro landmark, normally illuminated by bright white light, instead circulated images Wednesday encouraging prayers for people infected with COVID-19.

The post How Black people saved Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca forest ... the Christ the Redeemer statue of Jesus rises out of a 39.58 square ... a white government official, five Black ...