Free culture and free software advocate Gilberto Gil describes his vision for a digital culture built around access to technology. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and ...

Brazil is an incredible destination with so much to see and do. It’s the world’s fifth largest country and it adds extra flair to the rich history and cultural importance of South America. Everyone ...

Following a history-making first Oscar win for the country with Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here,” Brazil continues to pick up momentum as this year’s Country of Honor at the Marché du Film, which runs ...

The Brazilian singer Margareth Menezes has been named her country’s next culture minister by president-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The new president, known as “Lula”, is reinstating Brazil’s ...

A heightened focus on Brazil’s African heritage is a driving factor in the South American country’s surging visitor arrivals. In 2024, Brazil recorded its best-ever year for international arrivals, ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Guests at the gleaming, $300-a-night Copacabana Palace Hotel in the heart of Rio’s tourist district used to be offered Caribbean-style pina coladas and daiquiris on arrival. Now they ...

The Asian American Cultural Center held an informational titled "Japanese Diaspora in Brazil" that focused on unification through food.

IS CELEBRATING ALMOST 20 YEARS DANCING TO THE BEAT OF THE DRUMS, FANCY FEATHERS AND BRIGHT BEADED COSTUMES. WE MAKE THE COSTUMES. ACTUALLY, HERE WE DO EVERYTHING. EVERYTHING’S HANDMADE. THE SOUND AND ...

There are many reasons to believe that Dante Mantovani, the new head of Funarte, Brazil’s government arts agency, won’t exactly be the most progressive person for the post. After his appointment by ...

When far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro won the presidential election in Brazil on Oct. 28, concerns about the future of the country’s entertainment sector became a major talking point at the Rio de ...

Brazilian culture secretary Roberto Alvim was fired from the government Friday after he appeared to quote Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in a video setting out his agenda for a conservative ...