Brazil
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 19:53:00 GMTLula warns against foreign interference in Brazil's election at the UN Assembly
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warned the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday that his country will not allow domestic or foreign actors to undermine the October 4 election, in a speech combining a defenc...
Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:01:00 GMTBrazil Is Going Federal. The U.S. Went State by State. Which Model Gives Consumers Clearer Safeguards?
Brazil has moved from a largely emerging framework toward a national system for fixed-odds wagering, giving consumers a single federal reference point. Law 14,790 of 2023 established the core framework, as the Ministry of Finan...
Mon, 21 Sep 2026 10:42:00 GMTThe pending fiscal adjustment dominates the final stretch of Brazil's presidential race
Brazil heads into the October 4 general election with a growing economy and unemployment at record lows, but with one debate dominating the campaign's final stretch: the cut in public spending that analysts and business leaders...
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:51:00 GMTTwo weeks to Brazilian presidential election, Central Bank cuts interest rate for the fifth time running
With presidential elections in two weeks’ time, Brazil’s central bank cut its benchmark interest rate for the fifth straight time. The bank lowered the so-called Selic rate from 14% to 13.75%, and is part of a cycle that be...
Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:07:00 GMTBrazil grain harvest expected at 361.7 million tons, Conab, led by soybeans, corn and cotton
Brazil is expected to harvest a record 361.7 million metric tons of grains and fibers in the 2025/26 crop year, according to the latest estimate from Conab, the country’s food supply and crop agency.
Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:56:00 GMTA Brazilian Supreme Court justice lifts secrecy on a banker's messages to another judge
Brazilian Supreme Court justice André Mendonça, rapporteur in the Banco Master case, on Tuesday lifted the secrecy order on a Federal Police report of more than two hundred pages containing messages sent by businessman Daniel...
Mon, 31 Aug 2026 22:13:00 GMTBrazil: Flávio Bolsonaro promises 500,000 prison places inspired by the Salvadoran model
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the Liberal Party's presidential candidate and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's main rival in October's elections, met on Sunday in São Paulo with El Salvador's justice and public security minister, Gust...
Sat, 29 Aug 2026 13:01:00 GMTRoyal Navy turns to amphibious ships; sells HMS Bulwark to Brazilian Navy
HMS Bulwark is to be sold to the Brazilian Navy, ending more than two decades of service with the Royal Navy, as UK focus turns to the future of amphibious assault ships.
Fri, 28 Aug 2026 19:35:00 GMTThe US waives beef tariffs for Brazil and Paraguay, but not for Argentina and Uruguay
US President Donald Trump signed a proclamation on August 26 temporarily waiving tariffs on imports of up to 300,000 tonnes of lean beef trimmings, a measure that excludes countries already holding their own quotas in the US ma...
Thu, 27 Aug 2026 08:09:00 GMTArgentine lawmakers travel to Brasília to repair relations with Brazil
A delegation of Argentine deputies and senators from opposition parties will travel to Brasília next Wednesday with the aim of repairing bilateral relations, strained since President Javier Milei referred to his Brazilian coun...