2) 2 p.m. Artisanal browsing. Head over to Marco Zero — the central axis from which the rest of Recife sprawls out, and the center of cultural preservation for the city.

Recife, a city of just over 4 million people, is in the northeast of the country, Brazil’s poorest region, where according to a 2011 report by research institute IBGE, 9.6 million people (18.1 ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. It's Carnaval in Brazil - that time of the year when people take to the streets and celebrate before the austerity of Lent begins. And while ...

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However, today, according to fan Adriane from Janga, a town just outside Recife, “the music is smashing prejudice about favelas and black culture”. In the outskirts of the city, in the working-class ...

Set in the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, The Secret Agent "makes up in pulpy excitement what it lacks in subtlety", and "bursts with sex, shoot-outs and sleazy hitmen".

That's because Recife — a host city for the most recent World Cup — has one of the highest shark-attack rates in the world. Between 1992 and 2012, there were 56 attacks in the city's waters.

Set in the military dictatorship of 1970s Brazil, The Secret Agent "makes up in pulpy excitement what it lacks in subtlety", and "bursts with sex, shoot-outs and sleazy hitmen".