Brazil

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 20:33:00 GMT
EU-Mercosur deal to be signed in Asunción on Jan. 17
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) and the European Union (EU) will be signed in Paraguay on Saturday, Jan. 17, Argentine Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno confirmed on Friday, following th...

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 10:18:00 GMT
Lula discusses Venezuela with Carney and Scheinbaum
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva held separate telephone conferences on Thursday to discuss the ongoing events in Venezuela with his Mexican colleague Claudia Scheinbaum and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 22:15:00 GMT
Lula vetoes entire leniency bill for Jan. 8 rioters
On the third anniversary of the Jan. 8 attempted coup d'état, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula de Silva vetoed the entire Bill 2,162 approved by both Houses of Congress, providing for the reduction of sentences of the ove...

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 10:09:00 GMT
Bolsonaro back in hospital after all
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Wednesday following a head injury sustained in his jail cell. The incident has triggered a fierce legal battle after Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De...

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 09:56:00 GMT
Three years after the fact, the Jan. 8 uprising still has Lula's future in the balance
Brazil is commemorating Thursday the third anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, for which most notably former President Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest aides have been convicted, in addition to some 8...

Wed, 07 Jan 2026 10:22:00 GMT
Bolsonaro denied hospital trip after fall
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes denied on Tuesday a request from former President Jair Bolsonaro's legal team to have their client transferred to a medical facility after suffering what his rela...

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 10:00:00 GMT
Brazil's oil and gas production has its ups and downs in late 2025
Brazil's oil and natural gas production totaled 4.921 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in November 2025, with 3.773 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil extracted, which represented a 6.4% decrease from the p...

Tue, 06 Jan 2026 08:33:00 GMT
Maduro's fall becomes campaign asset for Flávio Bolsonaro
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's sons Eduardo and Flávio foresee the latter's victory in this year's elections after the ties between deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are ex...

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 10:36:00 GMT
Leftwing governments object to Washington's abduction of Maduro
The governments of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain issued a joint statement on Sunday, expressing “deep concern and rejection” of the US military operation that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro...

Fri, 02 Jan 2026 08:28:00 GMT
Bolsonaro leaves hospital, goes back to Police HQs
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left Brasilia's DF Star Hospital late Thursday afternoon and was transferred back to the Federal Police's detention facility, where he is serving his 27-year prison sentence for masterm...

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