Brazil’s demographic makeup has been diverse since colonial times, with indigenous populations, enslaved Africans, and European settlers forming the foundation of the country’s ethnic composition.

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 ...

The custom of wearing white emerged from Afro-Brazilian religious rituals that were once criminalized and later absorbed into ...

“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 ...

Brazil's oldest natural history museum was heavily damaged in a fire, severely threatening the loss one of the most important collections of cultural artifacts in South America. A massive blaze ...

The saddest thing, perhaps, for Neymar is that the defining image of Brazil’s 2022 World Cup will be his tears. It won’t be that moment when he scored a goal for the ages. It won’t be the dancing, or ...

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When Leandro Santanna’s mother wanted to teach him about their ...

Silver-maned ex-Foreign Minister Oswaldo Aranha stirred up the already turbulent presidential election campaign with a story that had Brazil by the ears. Two years ago, related soft-spoken Aranha, ...