One week in the ongoing police strike, Salvador - one of the popular tourist cities in Brazil – has been stricken with violent unrest. Over the last three days, commerce has closed in downtown and in ...

With talks stalled between the state government and striking police officers in the Brazilian state of Bahia, the police have taken aim at the country's iconic Carnival celebration in a move meant to ...

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SALVADOR, Brazil — Rhythm is king in this seaside city long known as the capital of Afro-Brazilian culture, or more simply as the Black Rome — and not only at Carnival. Drums thunder from behind the ...

Disgruntled police across Brazil are taking aim at the country’s iconic Carnival celebration, raising threats to the annual street parties that draw hordes of foreigners as a way to press their ...

World's most expensive player was surrounded by four security guards as he let his hair down at the Salvador Carnival in Bahia NEYMAR practises his cheerleading at a carnival in Brazil as Paris ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Sound begins blasting ear drums and rattling bones even before the speakers — hauled by big rigs creeping their way through Brazil’s thronging Carnival crowds — draw near.

Following a high-profile police strike in Bahia state, Brazil, Rio De Janeiro police are taking industrial action in pursuit of higher salaries, two weeks before the famed Carnival celebrations begin.

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