Mangueira Samba School in Carnival 2014
The most popular samba school will parade fourth at this year's Carnival competition on Sunday, March 2nd.
January 14, 2014Topic
Mangueira
Mangueira Samba School: Carnival 2013
Mangueira parade eighth for the Grupo Especial and will be the second school to enter the Sambódromo on night two...
January 15, 2013
Rio Starts Warming Up for Carnival 2013
As 2012 draws to a close, Rio begins to prepare for its biggest event on the calendar – the world...
November 20, 2012
Mangueira Samba School: Carnival 2012
G.R.E.S. Estação Primeira de Mangueira, known as Mangueira, has won the Rio Carnival competition no less than eighteen times, and...
January 17, 2012
Police to Pacify Rocinha and Vidigal Favelas
Last week a local media R7 reported that Rocinha, considered the largest favela in Brazil, is next in line to...
November 8, 2011
UPP in Complexo da Mangueira Favela in Rio
The UPP in Mangueira will be the eighteenth unit in the state of Rio, and the final favela in the...
November 1, 2011
BOPE Operation in Mangueira Favela
The Rio police carried out anti-drug trafficking operations in the favelas Mangueira and Tuiuti in the Zona Norte (North Zone)...
May 24, 2011
‘The Samba Within Me’ Doc Film
By Russell Slater, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - O Samba Que Mora Em Mim (The Samba Within Me)...
March 1, 2011
Carnival 2011- Mangueira
By Vânia Maciel, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Officially known as Estação Primeira de Mangueira (First Station of...
January 18, 2011