Hip-hop isn't the only cultural movement celebrating its golden anniversary this year; soca, the up-tempo, propulsive descendant of calypso created in Trinidad and embraced across the Caribbean ...

The Carmelitas block party is one of many annual parties in which Rio revellers take part in across the city’s neighbourhoods. It began earlier today with Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes handing ...

Watch live as the Rio Carnival is declared officially open by the “King of Misrule” on Friday, 9 February. Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes hands over the keys of the city to King Momo, or the King ...