OPINION: It’s carnival week in Rio de Janeiro, where vibrant parades feature music, dancers and a huge dose of history. Here’s some Afro-Brazilian history from some of the most legendary Afro-carnival ...

“Departure for the coffee harvest by ox cart, Vale do Paraíba, Brazil, c. 1885” (all images courtesy of Instituto Moreira Salles) Enlargement and detail of “Departure for the coffee harvest by ox cart ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazilian children at home, Rio de Janeiro State. Brazil’s demographic makeup has been diverse since colonial times, with ...

No country has played more World Cup games than the Seleção. Find out the other records the Brazilians hold at the global showpiece. Brazil and the FIFA World Cup™ are closely intertwined, so much so, ...

The radical thought, activism, and aesthetics of Beatriz Nascimento provided the historical basis for Black Brazilian movements throughout the 1970s and ’80s under the country’s military dictatorship.

The World Cup in Qatar gets under way in days, and as teams from nations around the globe take to the pitch, one team has a fabled history that stands out among the rest: Brazil. Over the years, the ...

The largest and longest-lasting society formed by people who escaped slavery and their descendants endured for a century in northeastern Brazil, and it continues to be a potent political symbol of ...

The USMNT played against Brazil on July 4, 1994 and nearly upset the eventual champs. More than 30 years later, Team USA ...