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 ...

Watch again people gathered at Leme Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday (10 February) for the Bloco street party for the Brazil Carnival. The massive Ceu Na Terra street party kicked off for ...

Rio de Janeiro, Carnival under Fire by Ruy Castro (2004): Part of Bloomsbury’s The Writer and the City series, Ruy Castro’s entry is a good-humored, good-natured social history of Rio and its ...