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 ...

Wagner Moura is making Oscars history. "The Secret Agent" star is the first Brazilian nominated for Best Actor. The recognition comes just one year after "I'm Still Here" became Brazil's first film to ...

Following a history-making first Oscar win for the country with Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here,” Brazil continues to pick up momentum as this year’s Country of Honor at the Marché du Film, which runs ...

As I journey through the vibrant tapestry of Afro-Brazilian culture, I find myself captivated by the resilience and ...

Brazil is preparing for another record-breaking Carnival season, with more than 65 million people expected to join ...

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 ...

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 ...

‘Freak Le Boom Boom’, Gretchen Gretchen is known for her disco tracks from the 1970s and 1980s, constant presence on ...

Remember the caxirola? It was Brazil's attempt to imitate the vuvuzela, the horn that provided the soundtrack to the last World Cup in South Africa. The caxirola is less obtrusive, but, it has turned ...

BRASILIA (Reuters Life!) - Brazil's modern capital is often seen as sterile but an annual religious music festival celebrating the visit of the Three Wise Men to see Jesus showed how much soul lies ...