Brazil
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:18:00 GMTBolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil
Bolivia's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec. 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz.
Mon, 15 Dec 2025 10:10:00 GMTSurgery recommended for Bolsonaro after ultrasound
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recommended for surgery after an ultrasound conducted on Sunday confirmed he was suffering from two inguinal hernias, his defense team announced.
Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:31:00 GMTAlckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA
Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the...
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 22:26:00 GMTDe Moraes and wife exit Magnitsky Act list
Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his wife -lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes- have been removed from the list of individuals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, it was announced in Washington o...
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:05:00 GMTMassive police deployment targets Comando Vermelho leaders in Rio favela
Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando Vermelho (CV), one of Braz...
Fri, 12 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMTSevere storms cause havoc in São Paulo
Millions were left without power, and air traffic around the airports of Congonhas and Guarulhos became chaotic after a massive blackout hit São Paulo for more than 24 hours following a severe extratropical cyclone that swept ...
Thu, 11 Dec 2025 10:00:00 GMTBrazil: Selic rate kept at 15% for the fourth consecutive time
The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) unanimously decided on Wednesday to keep the economy's base interest rate known as Selic at 15% per annum, in accordiance with market expectations, given the ...
Tue, 09 Dec 2025 21:58:00 GMTSouthern Brazil hit by extratropical cyclone
Heavy rainfall triggered by an extratropical cyclone battering Southern Brazil caused widespread flooding on Tuesday, turning streets into rivers and hillsides into waterfalls across Florianópolis, São José, Palhoça, and Bi...
Mon, 08 Dec 2025 10:55:00 GMTPoll shows Lula would easily beat Bolsonaro's son in runoff
A Datafolha poll released this weekend showed that incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would beat Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, -a son of the incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro- by at least 15 percentage point...
Sat, 06 Dec 2025 10:01:00 GMTBrazil's economy grows 0.1% in Q3 of 2025
Brazil's economy expanded by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter. Year-on-year, Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) —the measure of the total value of goods and services produced in the coun...