The world’s most famous carnival has begun, where the color and joy explode in one place: the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro.

The girl, Julia Lira, is considered the queen’s youngest Brazilian carnival. She made her appearance with a purple skirt and danced in the Sambadrome, although she cried when realized that was the event’s focus. Madonna and Jesus Luz watched the carnival as well.

Madonna will go to the famous carnival parades in Rio de Janeiro on 14 February. The U.S. pop star will enjoy the show on the stage of the governor.

Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue — a giant mountaintop monument to Jesus Christ with his arms wide open like a cross — is to get a facelift starting this week.

Police from Rio de Janeiro reported that “A baby survived after being thrown through a trash pipe from the fifth floor of a building in the west of Rio de Janeiro.”

The city of Rio de Janeiro has started the plan ‘My House, My life’ which will remove 119 favelas before 2012, due to the danger of collapse and flooding.

Large landslides killed at least 72 in Brazil. Firefighters and rescuers worked at a small hotel that was destroyed during the early hours of Friday in the luxurious resort of Angra dos Reis.

Brazilian paper informed Thursday that the statue of the Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer), wich stands 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, located on top of the Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro was officially declared National Historical and Artistic Heritage Site.

At age 43, Romario de Souza Faria, one of the best strikers in football history, played for America, the club his late father, Edevair, loved in the final match of Rio de Janeiro’s second division.

Madonna visited Dona Marta favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where thirteen years ago Michael Jackson shot his video.

A ceremony restricted to about 500 families and a few guests remembered Saturday Air France flight 447’s accident that took place in June a few hours after it took off for Paris.

Tokyo does not give up and wants to be a candidate again for organizing the 2020 Olympic Games. Rio de Janeiro defeated the Japanese in the battle to host the 2016 Olympic Games.

The Brazilian judiciary is investigating a man who poses as the president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. He has offered and has even granted interviews to some foreign radio stations.

The list of the world´s top ten happiest cities, is lead by Rio de Janeiro as was today published by Forbes Magazine. Barcelona, Madrid and Buenos Aires are also included.

The accident occurred around 7.30 on Cangallo street, a few meters from the intersection with Rio de Janeiro. The driver of a Ford Taunus lost the car’s control and crashed into a parked Ford F-100.

Brazilian idol Romario returns to football after having announced his resignation in April last year. (VIDEO AVAILABLE)

Airbus head Thomas Enders on Friday publicly defended the company’s A330 jets for the first time since an Air France model crashed more than a week ago in the Atlantic, killing 228 people.

228 passengers on board flight from Brazil to Paris. Chief Air France spokesman Francois Brousse suggested the plane could have been struck by lightning.