Matt Lauer and Hoda Kotb scaled Rio de Janeiro's iconic Sugarloaf Mountain Monday, a trip that started with a cable car ride across Guanabara Bay. As Matt taunted and Hoda nervous-laughed, the car ...

RIO DE JANEIRO – Rio de Janeiro is commemorating the 100th birthday of the iconic cable car that runs to the top of Sugarloaf Mountain, one of Brazil's most-visited landmarks. An estimated 40 million ...

A woman, center, holds a sign that reads in Portuguese "A paradise that cannot become a private enterprise," during a protest against the installation of a zip line on Sugar Loaf Mountain, an iconic ...

FILE - Sugarloaf mountain and the Guanabara Bay are seen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, July 8, 2016. Brazil’s federal prosecutors blocked a decision on Thursday, June 1, 2023, to authorize the ...

A sweeping 1930s portrait of Rio de Janeiro captures the Brazilian metropolis in all its splendor—sunlit shores, majestic peaks, and bustling city life. The film opens along the southern shore of ...

The cable car has been rebuilt twice, most recently in 2008, to handle over 400 million riders this century. Tourists can also reach the top by hiking up the mountain and avoid paying the $26 ticket.

RIO DE JANEIRO (WTHR) - Rio de Janeiro. Where the sand and the surf create South America's biggest playground. Where the arms of an iconic statue welcome the world. Where romance is impossible to miss ...

Some 200 protesters gathered beneath Rio de Janeiro’s world-famous Sugarloaf Mountain to protest the ongoing construction of ziplines aimed at boosting tourism, alleging it will cause unacceptable ...

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