Vania Pereira da Silva, a seamstress and member of the Unidos de Padre Miguel samba school, points to a wall damaged by stray bullets inside her home in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Monday, Sept. 21, 2020.

A few days ago, Brazilian online video platform Samba Tech received the Rising Star Award at Chinese tech conference CHINICT. So how did this Latin American startup get there in a few years? Gustavo ...

Scott Yoo travels to Chicago to learn about the music that shaped Brazilian composer Sergio Assad. Assad explains the history of samba, and how it was musically influenced by Portugal, Africa, and ...

After two years without its frenetic festival, sultry samba and towering floats, Rio de Janeiro will hold its famed carnival parades Friday. A member of a carnival samba school performs during a ...

Aug. 10—Have you been experiencing Samba no pé (Samba of the foot) lately? Craving some pão de queijo but haven't been able to find a place that serves it? Or have you simply been itching to learn a ...

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Sao Paulo-based startup Samba Ads is announcing a R$3 million ($1 million) investment from a coalition of international investors that are betting on the online video opportunity in Brazil. Brazil is ...

If you enter U Samba? Cafe and expect to see sword-wielding gauchos serving meat, don’t worry, it’s a common mistake. Here in downtown Aurora you will be schooled in traditional Brazilian dishes and ...

While hearing Portuguese among Haile Plantation’s streets may not be common, one restaurant corner in the Haile Village Center plays Brazilian classics lightly over its speakers.