Brazil’s Carnival revelry is ramping up, from the raucous street parties to the glitzy parades. Carnival kicked off Friday afternoon, with Saturday marking the first full day of the pre-Lenten festivities.

One of Saturday’s popular early-morning street parties is Friends of the Jaguar, on a beach looking across the water at Rio de Janeiro’s Sugarloaf Mountain. Thousands of revelers are here, all decked out in leopard- and jaguar-print clothing.

Carnival got into full swing Friday night, with events sweeping the nation. In Sao Paulo, 14 samba schools compete to be the city's champions of this year's celebration.

The Brazilian film 'I'm Still Here' made history by winning Brazil's first Oscar in a major category. Directed by Walter Salles and based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva's memoir, the film depicts a family's struggle during Brazil's dictatorship.

I'm Still Here' Makes History as First Brazilian Film to Win Best International Feature By Isabel Teles and Luciana Magalhaes SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian movie "I Am Still Here", set against the backdrop of the military dictatorship and recounting the true story of a mother of five whose husband disappears,

Brazilian drama "I'm Still Here," about a matriarch whose husband is taken away by the military regime that ruled the country in the 1970s, won the Academy Award for best international feature film on Sunday.