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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

After the attempted coup of the Brazilian government last month, Marc Hertzman, associate history professor, decided that he had to change how he taught his class — HIST 405: History of Brazil — for ...

Luiz Gama had a keen understanding of injustice from a young age. His mother told him she had been captured in west Africa and taken to Brazil in chains. Freed by the time Gama was born in 1830, she ...

Here's what you need to know about Brazil ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup.