Being such a large and diverse country, there is an endless list of landmarks spread across the country. From the more popular ones like the Christ the Redeemer Statue to unmissable architectural ...

The non-profit Brazilian Institute of Citizenship ... "It's tragic," said Juan Marcos, a 24-year-old who sells prawns on sticks on Copacabana beach and lives in a nearby favela, or low-income urban ...

Brazil goes up and down like a samba dancer ... more than two million people attended a free Lady Gaga concert on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. It was her biggest ever show, paid for by ...

The new measures are due to come into force on June 1, and they outlaw food and drink sales, chair rentals, loudspeakers and ...

Set to come into force at the beginning of June, the new rules restrict live music, food and drink sales, chair rentals and even the name of kiosks.

The nonprofit Brazilian Institute of Citizenship ... a 24-year-old who sells prawns on sticks on Copacabana beach and lives in a nearby favela, or low-income urban community.

Rio de Janeiro's iconic beaches are poised for a significant change. The familiar sounds of samba music, the readily ...

This is the moment a Brit tourist was rescued on Brazil's iconic Copacabana Beach after becoming trapped waist-deep in wet sand at the bottom of a hole he had dug himself. Airport worker Jensen ...

Jensen Sturgeon was celebrating his 22nd birthday on Copacabana ... carried on with his Brazil holiday - and confessed it hadn't put him off digging more holes on the beach in the future.

It happened on Rio de Janeiro’s famous Copacabana Beach in Brazil, on April 22. He was having fun with a waist deep hole he created but then suddenly the sand caved in - he had found himself in ...