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Carnival

Rio de Janeiro’s City Council passes law banning fireworks

The Rio de Janeiro City Council approved in definitive form this Tuesday (Dec. 6) the project that prohibits the...

Tickets for the 2023 parade of Rio de Janeiro samba schools begin to be...

The Independent League of Samba Schools of Rio de Janeiro (Liesa) started today (Dec....

São Paulo, Brazil’s richest city, has no money to celebrate street carnival in July

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a statement the authorities of the wealthiest city in Brazil mentioned that two tenders were held to find...

Brazil: São Paulo City Hall already admits not to hold “Carnival in July”

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - São Paulo's street carnival, known as Esquenta Carnaval, scheduled for July 16 and 17,...

Carnaval shines again in Brazil after two years of...

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Brazil's traditional Carnaval returned after two years of suspension due to the health crisis...

The biggest party in the world? What is Carnival in Rio de Janeiro and how did it come about?

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - When the Carnival season begins, the streets of Brazil...

Brazil: Rio de Janeiro will have at least 80 Carnaval blocks for a fee

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Rio de Janeiro City will have at least 80 private Carnaval blocks next week. These events began on Thursday, February 24, and will run until Friday, March 3. In January,...

Brazil: Carnaval moves US$760 million in Rio de Janeiro’s economy

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - A study released today (18) by the city of Rio de Janeiro shows that Carnaval brings R$4 billion (US$760) to the economy of the city of Rio de Janeiro. This figure...

Inaugural parade of Carnaval 2022 to be held in Uruguay

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - Uruguay's capital Montevideo reported the realization of the inaugural parade of Carnaval 2022, the main popular festival of Uruguay,...

Covid: 18 out of 27 Brazilian capitals have canceled 2022 street Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - At least 18 Brazilian capitals have decided not to hold street Carnival in 2022. The cases of infection by the Covid Omicron variant have broken records in the country, together...

Rio de Janeiro Health recommends maintaining Sapucaí parade and suspending street Carnival

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Rio de Janeiro State Health Secretariat (SES) recommended that the samba schools parade in Sapucaí be maintained, but advocated suspending the street Carnival, given the epidemiological situation in the...

Australian Senator Gerard Rennick: "There has been a lot of misleading advertising in regards to the safe and effective claim….the risks have never been clearly outlined"

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