Salvador is the country’s heartland of Afro-Brazilian culture, and the largest African city in the world outside Africa — ...

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vowed Tuesday to provide the indigenous people of southern Bahia with federal support following the most recent land dispute between farmers and the ...

Frejon? Fray John? The name sounded odd to my six-year-old ears. It didn’t quite possess the same melody as the spicy Yoruba soups I saw the adults pair with pounded yam, nor did it have the casual ...

Rival criminal factions are targeting civilians as they battle for territorial control across Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia, with a heavy-handed government response further exacerbating the ...

A church roof collapsed, killing a female tourist and injuring five others in Brazil. Giulia Panchoni Righetto, 26, from Sao Paulo, was visiting the 18th century-built Church of Sao Francisco during a ...

A 30-year-old woman has become the third person to die from methanol poisoning in the Brazilian state of São Paulo, as the ...

Boipeba, an idyllic island in Bahia state, has some of Brazil’s most beautiful beaches. Mangaba Cultivo de Coco bought up a fifth of the island to turn it into a hotel resort threatening the local ...