After adventures in the Amazon or exploring its sprawling cities, holidaymakers in Brazil have ample opportunity to do little more than lie on a towel and pitch up a parasol on its soft sandy shores.

Officials in Brazil say that an ultralight plane towing an advertising banner has crashed into the sea off Rio de Janeiro’s ...

We all live in a world of remembered images. And my image of Brazil is Rio de Janeiro. There’s a lot more to Brazil than just Rio, of course. But say “Rio” to me, and the picture that pops to mind is ...