Street vendors dispense the party fuel for Rio’s Carnival, but face pushback as their numbers grow
Vendors are a fixture at Rio’s Carnival street parties. They scour Instagram pages for times and locations, coordinate on ...
Rio’s Carnival kicks off as mayor gives key to the city to King Momo
Rio de Janeiro’s mayor handed over the key to the city to its Carnival monarch on Friday, opening King Momo’s five-day reign ...
Carnival 2025 samba queens set Rio ablaze in jaw-dropping costumes: PHOTOS
The Rio Carnival 2025 kicked off on Sunday night, March 2. The annual festival is renowned for its vibrant samba parades, ...
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The Rio Carnival street party where dogs parade as superheroes and cartoon characters
As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival celebrations kicked off, dozens of dogs dressed as superheroes, clowns and cartoon characters ...
Street vendors rely on Rio’s Carnival street parties to sustain them for the rest of the year
Known in Portuguese as “ambulantes” or “camelos," street vendors scour Instagram pages for times and locations, coordinate on ...
A samba school rises to Rio Carnival’s top league, bringing an economic boom to its poor residents
Carnival always breathes life into the economy of Vila Vintem, on Rio de Janeiro’s west side, but this year there’s even more ...
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Drag superstar Bianca Del Rio to reign as monarch of the Orpheus parade. ‘How lucky can you be?’
Gretna-born drag comedian Bianca Del Rio, who achieved stardom as the winner of RuPaul’s Drag Race, to reign as Monarch of ...
Rio Tinto resumes operations at Western Australia port after five-week shutdown
Rio Tinto (NYSE:RIO) said Monday it has resumed operations at its East Intercourse Island facility at Dampier Port in Western ...