Brazil
Brazil
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 ...