Brazil

Sat, 13 Dec 2025 09:31:00 GMT
Alckmin 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 GMT
De 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 GMT
Massive 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 GMT
Severe 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 GMT
Brazil: 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 GMT
Southern 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 GMT
Poll 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 GMT
Brazil'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...

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:20:00 GMT
Argentine judge rules in favor of extraditing 5 defendants convicted in Brazil's coup d'état case
Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas ruled Wednesday to extradite five Brazilian nationals who were convicted for their roles in the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil's government headquarters.

Wed, 03 Dec 2025 11:16:00 GMT
Brazil clinches export clearances with Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua
Brazilian authorities have completed negotiations with the Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua to expand agricultural exports to these countries after reaching an understanding on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.

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