February means that it is already Carnival season in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. However, the Carnival may get a bit complicated as a dengue outbreak is happening.
Brent Sikkema, co-owner of a New York City art gallery, was discovered dead in Rio de Janeiro, with Brazilian police investigating the case as a homicide.
A criminal gang in Rio de Janeiro lashed out after one of its leaders was killed shortly after a police operation, burning 35 buses within the second-largest city in Brazil.
Brazilian actor Jefferson Machado, who has been missing since January, was found dead inside a wooden trunk buried six feet underground in Rio de Janeiro.
Another death by selfie has occurred in Brazil. Reports said a 33-year-old Brazilian man lost his balance on a cliff and fell nearly 40 feet to his death.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro has received backlash for mixing military parades on the country's Independence Day with political rallies in Brasilia and Rio de Janeiro.
A Rio de Janeiro police raid in Alemao favelas resulted in the death of at least 18 people on Thursday, according to the spokesperson for the state's military police.
Brazil is rich with tourist spots and plenty of celebrations and festivals to take part in. The Latin American region, where Brazil is a part of, has been rich with tourist spots and plenty of celebrations and festivals to take part in.
Eight men were found dead in a mangrove in Brazil following a series of gun battles that erupted between the military police and a gang in a Rio de Janeiro slum.
The rising number of evangelicals lin Rio de Janeiro, as well as gangs claiming to spread the gospel, see Afro-Brazilian religions as dangerously un-Christian, even evil, and declared a crusade against them.
Muhammad was told by one of the volunteers during the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival in Austin, Texas to remove her hijab before she could secure her identification badge during the registration. The event staff was so bent on making the Muslim American athlete get rid of her head covering that he insisted even after Muhammad told him that it was for religious purposes.
Maracanã Stadium will be hosting the draw for football tournaments for the Rio 2016 Olympics. Despite the health issues that the Zika virus has brought to Brazil, it has not stopped everyone's excitement about the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
