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 ...

Roberto Alvim had pledged to create a "cultural war machine" against progressive ideas. Roberto Alvim, Brazil's former secretary of culture, had promised to build a "war machine" against progressive ...

The photographer and chef Angeluci Figueiredo runs four restaurants in Salvador: Preta Tira Chapéu, Peixe Voador and Preta ...

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 ...

Brazil is passionate about celebrations, its enormous cultural diversity resulting in a rich calendar of events held ...

Brazil's Culture Secretary Roberto Alvim was fired Friday after posting a video that strongly resembled a speech given by notorious Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels while music from Adolf ...

São Paulo and Foz do Iguaçu showcase exhibitions, fashion, and dialogues celebrating China–Brazil cultural exchange SÃO PAULO ...

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 ...

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, ...

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When Wilma Ramony de Souza moved from Brazil to an NYC office, she had to get used to everything from different lunch habits ...