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WE spent a week on a river cruise of the Magdalena River in Colombia, stopping by towns along the way and learning facts about Colombia’s history and culture. The Spanish colonization of South and ...

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A few days after Carnival in Brazil in 2025, one of the country’s premier samba schools, Salgueiro, issued a blistering critique on Instagram of the Rio de Janeiro judges. Salgueiro is a perennial top ...

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Brazil has been in party mode since February 13 with the 2026 Carnival celebration, which wraps up this weekend. The atmosphere has been especially festive in Rio de Janeiro, where city officials were ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The world’s biggest party is back as Carnival celebrations return to Brazil with glittery, outrageous costumes, samba rhythms ringing out until dawn and hundreds of raucous ...

The Boi Tolo, one of the city’s most iconic street parties, has come to represent the glittery, gritty grass-roots celebration far from the glamour of the official parades. Revelers taking part in the ...

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Revelers from the Academicos de Niteroi samba school wave flags depicting Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during a technical rehearsal – Copyright ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Rio de Janeiro police officers kitted themselves out as thieves from the series "Money Heist" and as Jason Voorhees from the "Friday the 13th" horror movie franchise to blend in with ...