Carnaval

Get Your Dancing Shoes! Carnival is Here!

Grace Bastidas

Get Your Dancing Shoes! Carnival is Here!

By Grace Bastidas | 03/07/2011 - 15:00 | 2 Comments

Carnival kicked off this weekend, which means it’s time to let loose before Lent rolls around. Not that you have to be Catholic to indulge in a little church-sanctioned debauchery. Hedonists of all stripes can party at celebrations all across Latin America. Just pick your destination.

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Seven Year Old Samba Queen Stirs Controversy in Brazil

By Mariela Rosario | 02/09/2010 - 14:54 | 0 Comments

Some people are up in arms about a recent report that the Viradouro samba school has selected seven-year-old Julia Lira to be their Queen for the huge annual Carnival parade in the Sambodromo. Julia's father, Marco Lira, is the owner of the samba school and her mother, Monica Lira, is a police official. Both parents think...