Rio de Janeiro authorities confirmed that the cruise ship industry is expected to bring some 74,000 tourists this month, Agencia Brasil reported Monday after the season kicked off Sunday with the ...

R IO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city's iconic Carnival left 10 people hospitalized, Rio’s state health department said ...

“At least 10 people died,” the fire department said in a statement. “About 90 patients had to be transferred to other medical units.” A fire erupted in a hospital in the Brazilian city of ...

In 2011, a fire caused extensive damage at a complex of warehouses in central Rio where the city’s top 12 schools were gearing up for Carnival, destroying months’ worth of preparations.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A fire Wednesday at a Rio de Janeiro factory that produces costumes for the city’s iconic Carnival left 10 people hospitalized, Rio’s state health department said ...