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A doll brings pride, identity for Brazil Indigenous woman

Luakam Anambé wanted her newborn granddaughter to have a doll – something she’d never owned as a child working in slave-like conditions in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest

The Independent UK · May 29, 2022

Monitors in Brazilian airport started showing porno flicks

Blame it on Rio.

Tribune News Service · May 29, 2022

Brazil: at least 21 people killed during police raid in Rio favela

Death toll puts the incident among Rio’s deadliest police operations in recent history

The Guardian - US · May 24, 2022

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11 dead in Rio de Janeiro police raid shootout

A police raid in Rio de Janeiro left 11 people dead including an innocent woman hit by a stray bullet, authorities in the Brazilian city said.

Evening Standard · May 24, 2022

Eleven dead in police raid on drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro

Eleven people were shot dead in a slum on the north side of Rio de Janeiro early on Tuesday during a police raid to capture heads of a drug-trafficking organization, police said.

Reuters · May 24, 2022

Rio Architects' founding director announces retirement

Huw Lloyd Jones will leave at the end of this year after 22 years since co-founding the Cardiff-headquartered firm

Birmingham Post · May 5, 2022

Stephen Sondheim’s Old Friends review – a glorious all-star memorial service

Judi Dench, Rob Brydon, Imelda Staunton and Bernadette Peters joined the cast for this superb tribute to a genius

The Guardian - UK · May 4, 2022

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Katie Taylor says 'biggest disappointment' of Rio 2016 pushed her to 'greatest comeback'

Four years after winning gold at the London Olympics, Taylor suffered a shock loss to Finland’s Mira Potkonen at the 2016 Games in Rio

Dublin Live · Apr 30, 2022

Russian Olympian vows to boycott Olympics until country's flag is restored

Russian fencing star Sofya Velikaya is a veteran of four Olympic Summer Games, having won gold medals at Rio in 2016 and Tokyo last summer, as well as three silvers

Daily Mirror · Apr 30, 2022

Brazilian town builds Christ statue taller than Rio's

Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer has competition.

Reuters · Apr 29, 2022

Jeez That’s Big: New Christ Statue Is One Of Tallest In The World

Work on ‘Christ the Protector’ was completed in the municipality of Encantado in Brazil’s southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul.

Zenger · Apr 29, 2022

Rio Carnival tragedy as girl, 11, dies in freak accident after falling from float

Raquel Antunes da Silva bravely fought for her life for 36 hours at the Souza Aguiar Municipal Hospital, but she eventually succumbed to internal bleeding and died on Friday

Daily Mirror · Apr 25, 2022

‘Carnival is politics’: revellers bring anti-Bolsonaro sentiment to Rio’s streets

With elections less than six months away, many see festival as a chance to vent their anger at far-right president

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2022

Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade returns after pandemic hiatus

Colorful floats and flamboyant dancers are delighting tens of thousands jammed into Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sambadrome, putting on a delayed Carnival celebration after the pandemic halted the dazzling displays.

France 24 · Apr 23, 2022

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Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 23, 2022

'So Much Joy': Brazil Holds First Carnival since Covid

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil. After two long years, a flood of dancers and drummers reclaimed the iconic beach city's "Sambadrome," its dedicated carnival parade venue, which…

Bangkok Post · Apr 23, 2022

'So much joy': Brazil holds first carnival since Covid-19

Rio de Janeiro's carnival, a glittering, sequin-studded festival of the flesh, exploded back to life Friday with the first famed samba school parades since Covid-19 started devastating Brazil.

ABC News · Apr 23, 2022

Rio de Janeiro's dazzling Carnival parade resumes after COVID-19 pandemic hiatus

Ahead of the first time Carnival has been held since 2020, Rio de Janeiro's top samba schools begin putting on their delayed parades.

The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Rio's flamboyant Carnival parade is back after the pandemic

Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools have begun putting on this year's delayed Carnival parades, the first after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic

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The Independent UK · Apr 23, 2022

Rio's dazzling Carnival parade resumes after pandemic hiatus

Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival parade have returned after a two-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic

The Guardian - UK · Apr 21, 2022

‘No greater triumph’: excitement builds in Rio for carnival’s return

After the pain of Covid and its cancellations, a Brazilian samba school gears up

The Independent UK · Apr 20, 2022

Rio's Carnival parade is back, as street bands ache to party

Starting Wednesday night, Rio de Janeiro samba schools’ elaborate floats and feather-festooned dancers will parade between packed bleachers

The Guardian - US · Apr 14, 2022

Rio carnival groups fight for right to party ahead of official celebrations

Samba schools will return to action but ‘blocos’ – street groups – are furious they have not yet received authorization to gather

Reuters · Apr 14, 2022

Brazil youth voter drive battles apathy - and could help Lula

In the patio of an evangelical youth group in the rough suburbs of Rio de Janeiro one recent weekday afternoon, 18-year-old Vitoria Rodrigues opened up her laptop and began to register young voters for Brazil's upcoming elections.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 3, 2022

Torrential Rains Kill 14 in Brazil

Torrential downpours triggered flash floods and landslides across Brazil's Rio de Janeiro state, killing at least 14 people including eight children, and leaving five missing, authorities said Saturday. Two days of heavy rain have battered a broad swathe of the southeastern state's Atlantic coast, the latest in a series of…

Daily Mirror · Mar 30, 2022

Kate Ferdinand says she 'finds herself wishing husband Rio's late wife Rebecca back'

Kate Ferdinand says she finds herself at times "wishing Rebecca was back here" as she details how she struggles watching her family grieve

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