FILE - In this March 3, 2014, file photo, performers from the<PERSON> samba school parade on a float during carnival celebrations at the Sambadrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rio's O Globo newspaper, one of Brazil's biggest, reported on Feb. 2015, that the samba group received substantial funding from Equatorial Guinea's President <PERSON>, one of Africa's most notorious dictators, an allegation that has sparked controversy on the eve of Brazil's Carnival celebrations (AP Photo/ <PERSON>, File)