A small islet located just a few meters from the port of Rio de Janeiro, with its beaches covered by about 80 tons of trash, serves as a stark reminder of the failure of the renewed promise by the ...

Thousands of worshippers clad in white robes have spilled onto Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro to pay homage to Yemanja, the ...

Rodge: Is he trekking through the Amazon rainforest, or kayaking along the Amazon river? Freya: No Rodge, he’s in Rio de Janeiro. This all used to be covered in forest but now it’s a big city.

In the run-up to Rio’s Carnival, follow the beat to this buzzy beach suburb, where the Brazilian city’s surf, food and music ...

It was at the foot of the Sugarloaf that Portuguese explorers founded the city of Rio de Janeiro in 1565. And, just as Rio in its early days was subject to attack by (mostly French) pirates and ...