Tag: Carnaval

Escola de Samba Rosas de Ouro from São Paulo, Brazil

Brazil Carnaval Knows Much About Science Books

Brazil's annual Carnaval earlier this month (from February 16 to 21) played host to ...

Congonhas, in São Paulo, the busiest Brazilian airport

Carnaval Brings Back Lines and Delays at Brazil’s Airports

It happened on November 1st during the All Souls Day celebration and then again ...

Carnaval in the streets of Brazil

The Dance of the Despaired Ones Dreaming of Brazil’s South

The first day of carnival began at an earlier hour each year. The street-children ...

Opposition Candidate Blasts Venezuela’s Chavez for Sponsoring Brazilian Carnaval

Rio’s samba parade, the highlight of the pre-Lenten Carnaval, is a hard-fought competition among ...

Brazil: Venezuela’s Oil Financed Rio’s Carnaval Champ

The Vila Isabel samba group, backed by Venezuelan oil money, was declared Carnaval champion ...

Rio's samba school Porto da Pedra

Brazil: Rio’s Carnaval Puts the Biz in Showbiz

"My blessed women, my blessed women," run the lyrics of a samba-enredo (samba anthem ...

Brazil Under Operation Shock of Order for Carnaval

Infraero (Empresa Brasileira de Infra-estrutura Aeroportuária) the state-run agency that operates airports in Brazil ...

Sex Time: Brazil Starts Distribution of 25 Million Free Condoms

Brazil’s Ministry of Health reports that it intends to distribute some 25 million condoms ...

Japam-born Yukachan, Carnaval ambassador in Bahia, Brazil

Brazil: New Ambassador of Bahia’s Carnaval, a Japanese Girl, Ruffles Feathers

When winter arrived in the Japanese city of Nagoya during the late 90s, a ...

Safe Sex in Brazil: 25 Million Free Condoms on Carnaval, 1.5 Billion in 2006

The Brazilian Ministry of Health’s National Program for Sexually Transmitted Diseases (DST/AIDS), is ready ...