The festivities will span eight days, featuring 637 parades by 579 blocos. Local authorities anticipate the participation of 15 mi people in the city's street carnival.
Residents of São Paulo and tourists who have decided to spend New Year’s Eve in the city will be treated to a variety of musical styles at the city’s traditional festivities, which are open to the public free of charge.
The 21 repatriated landed Tuesday morning at Viracopos International Airport in Campinas, São Paulo. They came on a Brazilian Air Force aircraft from Brasília, where they had been since Saturday, when they arrived from Cairo.
In Brazil, activists and social movements play an essential role in ensuring that fundamental rights and guarantees are enforced. Being a human rights defender in Brazil, however, can be daunting and risky.
Seven cultural venues across São Paulo city are hosting the 31st edition of the MixBrasil Festival from Nov. 9–19. The event celebrates the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities through a wide range of formats on its line-up.