Spanning nine nations and covering more than 5.5 million square kilometers—roughly the size of the continental United States—the Amazon is the world’s largest rainforest. Often called the “lungs of ...

November is marked by offerings of marigolds to the dead in Mexico, minutes of silence to honour fallen soldiers in Britain and turkey feasts to give thanks in the United States. In Brazil it used to ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -The Brazilian central bank said on Friday it will offer up to $2 billion in two dollar auctions with repurchase agreements on Monday morning. In a statement, the central bank said ...

“The parades at the Sambadrome are the central event of Carnival. For four nights, Rio’s top samba schools, of which there are more than 100, perform to themes of their choosing—this past year, many ...

Rafhael Barbosa’s upcoming animated feature “Utopia” has lined up lauded Brazilian actor Rejane Faria and French-Angolan anchor Matamba Joaquim. Faria starred in Gabriel Martins’s Sundance breakout ...

The film, written by Barbosa alongside Werner Salles, is set in 1695 and sees a family of slaves organize a rebellion to flee in search of the utopian Quilombo dos Palmares following a call from the ...

Since August, U.S. warships, fighter planes, and troops have deployed in Caribbean waters off Venezuela and in Puerto Rico. Venezuela’s neighboring countries in Latin America and the Caribbean area ...

Salvador, the Afro-Brazilian heartland, is a hub of music, food and tradition. São Marcelo Fort, at center, a 17th-century fortress, sits in the old port of Salvador, Brazil. At right is the Mercado ...

What began with the release of Orisha Warz First Edition has quickly evolved into one of Africa’s most dynamic cultural and tech movements. ClubZella.com is now the digital home of myth, music, ...

Are Emirati petrodollars really a good deal for Africa? Logistics, energy, minerals – the United Arab Emirates has become one of Africa’s leading foreign investors, behind the European Union and China ...

SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual announced late on Monday a binding proposal to incorporate shares of Banco Pan, offering a significant premium to minority shareholders in a ...