The photographer and chef Angeluci Figueiredo runs four restaurants in Salvador: Preta Tira Chapéu, Peixe Voador and Preta Bistrô in the city, and the original Preta on the Ilha dos Frades, an island in All Saint’s Bay, where she also runs a guesthouse, Pretoca Pousada.

The United States Embassy as well as the United Nations Human Rights Office issued warnings and statements about a police raid in Rio de Janeiro, which left sixty-four people, including four police officers,

Brazil has become the world’s No. 2 consumer of the powerful stimulant after the US, and a chunk of the Solimões cocaine either goes to Amazonian cities or gets shipped to major population centers in southern Brazil, according to the UNODC. In Manaus, cocaine is available at late-night bars across the city.

Prince William has launched “Earthshot City” in Rio de Janeiro as the capital of Brazil is set to host the Prince of Wales’s environment awards. The Earthshot Prize launched the Earthshot Boulevard in the centre of Rio on Monday,

Influencer Fernanda Maroca — who was actively serving a term as councilwoman in Lago Verde, Brazil — died on Oct. 23. She was 30.