Petronio Álvarez: Latin America’s Biggest Afro Music Party
Petronio Alvarez 2026 marks the 30th edition of Cali's festival, Latin America's largest Afro-Colombian music gathering. What visitors can expect.
June 19, 2026Section
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Travel News in Rio de Janeiro and Brazil
Inside Parintins: The Amazon’s Answer to Rio Carnival
June 26–28: Brazil's 2nd-biggest festival draws 126,000 visitors and injects US$37M into the Amazon economy. What expats need to know.
June 19, 2026
Buenos Aires Crowns the World’s Best Tango Dancers Each August
Each August Buenos Aires hosts the Tango Mundial, the world's top tango championship, drawing couples from more than fifty countries...
June 19, 2026
Hurricane Forces the Caribbean’s Biggest Reggae Festival to Shrink
Hurricane Melissa has forced Reggae Sumfest, the Caribbean's biggest music festival, to shrink to a single night in 2026 and...
June 19, 2026
African Artists Fly the Flag at the 2026 BET Awards
African artists dominate the 2026 BET Awards field, with Burna Boy, Wizkid, Asake, Tems and Tyla nominated ahead of the...
June 19, 2026
How the Caribbean Turned Reggae and Carnival Into a Tourism Engine
The Caribbean is turning reggae, soca and carnival into a tourism engine, and a storm-hit Reggae Sumfest shows how the...
June 18, 2026
Air Europa Doubles Down on Argentina as Open Skies Bite
A Spanish airline is accelerating its Argentina expansion with packed planes and three new domestic cities under study, as deregulation...
June 17, 2026
Argentina’s First Budget Airline Flybondi Is Down to One Working Plane
Argentina's first low-cost airline, Flybondi, has shrunk to barely one operating aircraft as its CEO quits, just months after a...
June 17, 2026
Why Brazil’s Crowded Skies Raise the Odds of Helicopter Crashes
Two helicopters collided over Rio on June 14, 2026, killing 6. São Paulo's 411-aircraft fleet—world's largest—logs one takeoff every 45...
June 15, 2026