Brazil
Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:49:00 GMTBrazil: Brazão brothers sentenced to 76 years for ordering Marielle Franco killing
Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Wednesday convicted brothers Domingos Inácio Brazão and João Francisco Inácio Brazão — known as Chiquinho — of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor...
Wed, 25 Feb 2026 03:37:00 GMTHeavy rains leave at least 28 dead and dozens missing in Brazil’s Minas Gerais
Heavy rains and landslides in southeastern Brazil have killed at least 28 people and left more than 40 missing, with the worst impact reported in the state of Minas Gerais, according to local authorities and rescue teams.
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 23:52:00 GMTOrsi and Lacalle Pou reunite at Uruguayan Air Force event marking arrival of A-29 Super Tucanos
Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and former president Luis Lacalle Pou attended an Air Force ceremony at Base Aérea No. 1 (Route 101, Canelones) for the presentation of the first A-29 Super Tucano aircraft entering service wi...
Tue, 24 Feb 2026 03:17:00 GMTBrazil’s VP Alckmin backs workweek cuts as a global trend
Brazil’s Vice President and Industry and Trade Minister Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that shorter working hours are a “global trend” and that Brazil should debate the issue in depth, as business leaders push to delay di...
Mon, 23 Feb 2026 04:06:00 GMTLula meets South Korea’s Lee to deepen trade and defence ties
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began the official programme of his state visit to South Korea in Seoul on Monday, ahead of talks with President Lee Jae-myung expected to strengthen cooperation on trade, defence ...
Sat, 21 Feb 2026 02:21:00 GMTBrazil’s top prosecutor opposes Bolsonaro house arrest
Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet filed an opinion on Friday with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) opposing a request for former President Jair Bolsonaro to serve his sentence under house arrest, arguing that the facilit...
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 01:33:00 GMTFlávio Bolsonaro mocks samba school’s demotion after Lula tribute, says the “next drop” will be him
Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Liberal Party, PL), seen as a potential right-wing contender in Brazil’s October presidential election, said that after the samba school that paid tribute to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:03:00 GMTBrazilian opposition announces legal action against Lula over Rio Carnival tribute
Brazil’s opposition said it will file complaints with the country’s electoral courts against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arguing that a Rio Carnival tribute staged by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói amounted ...
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:51:00 GMTMilei to travel to the first Board of Peace summit and to meet with Trump
Argentine President Javier Milei will travel to the United States this week to attend the inaugural summit of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” and hold another meeting with Trump in Washington.
Mon, 16 Feb 2026 06:00:00 GMTLula and other Brazilian presidents at the Sambadrome: tributes, satire and scandals
The tribute paid on Sunday by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — a parade that traced his life story and political rise — has revived debate over the long-standing relationship be...