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Brazil's shutdown of X fans debate over free speech curbs

10-09-2024 09:20 Is Brazil court's shutdown of the X social network a drastic but necessary move in the global fight against disinformation, or just pure censorship?

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina fears for its Embassy as Venezuela takes diplomatic jab at Brazil

09-09-2024 14:49 Argentina has warned Venezuela to respect diplomatic norms amid fears that Nicolás Maduro’s government may attempt to take over its Embassy in Caracas.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Mercosur-China trade talks must address imbalance, Paraguay says

06-09-2024 11:59 Mercosur would be willing to negotiate a trade agreement with China if it addresses the lopsided commerce between the two trading partners, says Paraguay.

Mercosur trade bloc

Uruguay applauds Argentina’s shift of stance on Mercosur

05-09-2024 13:15 Argentina indicates it is willing to shift its stance on Mercosur trade bloc negotiations, drawing praise from Uruguay.

ENERGY & GAS

Petrobras eyes Argentina deals to boost energy imports

26-08-2024 14:42 Brazil’s state-controlled oil producer Petrobras is hunting for shale gas deals in Argentina.

MPOX VIRUS FEARS

Health authorities in Argentina order quarantine ship over mpox virus fears

21-08-2024 12:20 Crew-member of vessel flying Liberian flag reported to have symptoms compatible with the mpox disease; In accordance with protocol, ship has been quarantined at Santa Fe Province port of San Lorenzo.

SOCIAL MEDIA CLASH

Social media platform X to shutter local operations in Brazil

18-08-2024 09:19 Billionaire Elon Musk announced on Saturday the immediate closure of operations of his social network X in Brazil, amid a dispute between the company and the Supreme Court.

PLANE ACCIDENT

Plane with 61 aboard crashes in Brazil, no survivors

09-08-2024 15:40 An airplane carrying 61 people crashed Friday in the interior of Brazil's São Paulo state, killing everyone on board.

VENEZUELA ELECTIONS 2024

Maduro pledges to respect Brazil’s control of Argentina Embassy

02-08-2024 14:07 Six Venezuela opposition figures remain inside embassy; Lula to talk with AMLO, Petro about election later Thursday.

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Brazil to take custody of Argentine embassy in Venezuela

01-08-2024 14:17 Argentine President Javier Milei on Thursday thanked Brazil for assuming custody of his country's embassy in Venezuela, after staff were ordered to leave when Buenos Aires questioned the reelection of Nicolas Maduro.

MERCOSUR

Brazil halts chicken exports to EU and Argentina on virus

19-07-2024 15:22 Brazil is halting chicken exports to the European Union and Argentina after a virulent poultry disease was found on a commercial farm, disrupting shipments from the world’s largest exporter.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Lula calls Brazil’s ambassador in Argentina home for ‘review’ of bilateral ties

16-07-2024 10:24 Brazil's government stresses that its envoy in Buenos Aires has not been "recalled" but instead called to Brasília for consultation obver how to improve the relationship with Argentina's President Javier Milei.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Mercosur leaders slam Milei's absence from summit

09-07-2024 09:44 Luis Inácio Lula da Silva, Luis Lacalle Pou and Santiago Peña criticise Argentine leaders decision not to attend a Mercosur presidential summit.

UNREST IN BOLIVIA

Lula visits Bolivia seeking to unify the left after failed coup

09-07-2024 09:24 Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva travels to Bolivia for a trip meant to broker peace between President Luis Arce and former president Evo Morales.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Lacalle Pou criticises Milei’s decision to skip Mercosur summit

08-07-2024 16:15 "The message is not the only important thing, the messenger is very important," declares Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou in response to Javier Milei's Mercosur summit.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Mondino tells Mercosur peers that bloc needs ‘adrenaline shock’

08-07-2024 13:03 Argentina’s Foreign Minister tells her Mercosur counterparts that trade bloc needs an “adrenaline shock” to realise its “untapped potential” – yet President Javier Milei still won’t attend presidential summit.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Milei walks fine line as he slams 'judicial persecution' of Bolsonaro

08-07-2024 11:47 President Javier Milei oversteps normal diplomatic conventions by denouncing "judicial persecution" of Jair Bolsonaro, his ideological ally in Brazil.

PRESIDENT IN BRAZIL

Milei backs Bolsonaro without attacking Lula in Brazil visit

08-07-2024 11:17 Javier Milei headlines conservative rally in southern Brazil alongside right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro, the biggest gamble yet on his unorthodox foreign policy approach.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei takes his far-right roadshow to Lula’s backyard in Brazil

07-07-2024 08:42 In a Latin America dominated by leftists, Argentina's libertarian leader Javier Milei is all alone.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Lula reinstates commission to probe Brazil dictatorship crimes

05-07-2024 17:16 President Lula orders reinstatement of a special commission on crimes during Brazil's 1964-1985 military dictatorship, which had been dissolved by his far-right predecessor Jair Bolsonaro.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Milei chooses bath of conservative affection and rebuffs Mercosur

05-07-2024 11:33 President prefers a safe conservative conference in Brazil to a trip to Asunción for the Mercosur summit and a meeting with Lula.

Foreign relations & diplomacy

Brazil 'regrets' Milei's absence at upcoming Mercosur summit

04-07-2024 00:12 Senior Brazilian diplomat says her nation "regrets" President Javier Milei’s decision not to attend the upcoming Mercosur summit in Asunción.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Milei defends Bolivia, Brazil views in ‘dinosaur’ rant

02-07-2024 15:35 President Javier Milei defends suspicion that last week’s coup attempt in Bolivia was staged, continues attacks on Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei picks pro-Bolsonaro rally over Lula for first Brazil trip

01-07-2024 15:29 Javier Milei is finally making his first visit to Brazil – but instead of meeting President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, he will instead rally with his leftist counterpart’s biggest rival, Jair Bolsonaro.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei shuns Mercosur summit and awkward meet with Lula

01-07-2024 15:00 Argentina’s President Javier Milei pulls out of upcoming Mercosur summit in Asunción and potentially awkward meeting with Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Milei refuses to apologise to Lula and his ‘inflamed ego’

28-06-2024 14:02 President Javier Milei says he won't apologise to his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, branding him a"lefty" with an "inflamed ego.”

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Brazil's Lula waiting for apology from Milei for talking 'nonsense'

26-06-2024 13:01 Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says he will not speak with Javier Milei until Argentina's President apologises to him for the "nonsense" said previously.

FATAL CRASH

Nine-year-old Argentine motorbike racer dies after Brazil crash

18-06-2024 22:56 Young Argentine junior motorbike rider Lorenzo Somaschini has died after suffering serious injuries in a crash in São Paulo.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

Brazil Central Bank daces self-inflicted crisis

17-06-2024 11:57 Brazil’s Central Bank is facing an emergency of its own making that threatens to sabotage years of deft policy making and credibility gains.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei and Lula’s frosty relationship was in full display at G7

15-06-2024 17:41 Mingling among global leaders including Pope Francis, their differences were on full display.

FOREIGN RELATIONS

Brazil asks Argentina for help in locating Bolsonaro coup fugitives

13-06-2024 09:23 Brazil has asked Argentina for help in locating the possible presence of more than 140 individuals it says are fugitives from justice.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

G7 leaders gather in Italy for talks dominated by Ukraine

11-06-2024 11:24 US President Joe Biden, France's Emmanuel Macron and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida are among the Group of Seven leaders heading to the luxury resort of Borgo Egnazia in Puglia for the June 13-15 summit. Argentina's President Javier Milei and Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will also be joining Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, who is hosting.

CRIME & SECURITY

Juan Darthés sentenced in Brazil to six years in prison for rape

10-06-2024 16:25 Actor Juan Darthés sentenced to six years in prison by court in Brazil for 2009 rape of his former colleague Thelma Fardin.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Argentina tells Brazil it knows nothing about Brasília coup fugitives

10-06-2024 14:24 Authorities in Argentina have denied the alleged presence of some 60 Brazilian fugitives from justice in its territory.

CHINA-LATIN AMERICA

China’s US$8.5 billion in steel spurs Latin America toward tariffs

21-05-2024 14:48 One after another, Latin American nations are following in the footsteps of the United States and Europe by imposing prohibitive tariffs on Chinese imports — a strain in what’s been an otherwise cozy relationship.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

MercadoLibre weathers Argentina tumult with Mexico, Brazil gains

02-05-2024 20:21 MercadoLibre saw its profit surge in the first quarter, with strong growth in Brazil and Mexico helping offset the hit from Argentina’s currency devaluation.

OPINION & ANALYSIS

Milei's foreign policy based on whims and mystical fantasies

29-04-2024 13:26 Argentina’s president moves the country according to his ideological whims. Why Milei got involved in the Middle East conflict, tensions with China and a meeting that never materialised with Donald Trump.

by Juan Luis González

GEOPOLITICS

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

27-04-2024 06:32 In the grand chessboard of Middle Eastern geopolitics, Argentina and Brazil find themselves limited more by the game's rules than by their own ambitions.

by Sam Forster

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei requests meeting with Lula to discuss 'joint policies'

18-04-2024 12:38 Bending to reality, Argentina’s President finally proposes an encounter with his Brazilian counterpart after trashing him on the campaign trail last year; Foreign Minister Mondino delivers a formal invite to her colleague Mauro Vieira in Brasília.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Mondino warms ties with Brazil, but no Milei-Lula meet on cards

16-04-2024 13:10 "The possibility of a presidential meeting is always present. And we hope that at some point it will happen," Argentina's Foreign Minister Diana Mondino declares after visit to Brasília.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Mondino says Argentina will ‘never interfere' in Brazil’s affairs

15-04-2024 17:06 Foreign Minister Diana Mondino denies reports that President Javier Milei will mediate in Elon Musk’s row with Brazilian Judiciary, declaring that Argentina would “never interfere” in another nation's affairs.

Bloomberg

Inflation near 300% wipes out tourists’ deep discounts

13-04-2024 17:13 Surging inflation threatens to crimp a key source of tourism revenue as foreigners opt for other destinations.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

13-04-2024 16:59 Nutrien, the world’s largest maker of fertilisers, says it is looking to sell its retail operations in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

CENSORSHIP ROW

Brazil judge orders probe of Elon Musk as censorship row erupts

08-04-2024 11:01 Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes opens investigation into comments by Elon Musk after X owner criticises him in row over censorship.

HEALTH

Latin America, Caribbean set for record dengue season

29-03-2024 09:00 Across Latin America and the Caribbean, regional health authorities have already tallied more than 3.5 million cases and a thousand deaths due to the dengue virus.

ANALYSIS

Lula-Milei clash embodies world’s competing economic views

28-03-2024 17:25 There are few presidents in the world today with more radically different economic models than Argentina’s Javier Milei and Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

EU-MERCOSUR DEAL

Macron slams 'very bad' EU-Mercosur deal, proposes negotiating new one

28-03-2024 14:48 French President Emmanuel Macron delivers withering remarks about deal that took 20 years to negotiate and suggests ripping it up and starting all over again.

ENVIRONMENT

Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro

18-03-2024 10:58 A heat wave stifling Brazil set new records on Sunday, with Rio de Janeiro's heat index hitting 62.3 degrees Celsius, the highest in a decade.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

US green fuel push threatens Argentina’s main export market

14-03-2024 15:56 Biden administration’s landmark decarbonisation plan has the potential to cause tectonic shifts in global agricultural markets – and deal a damaging blow to Argentina’s troubled economy.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Mercosur tensions: Uruguay rage overshadows hope for EU deal

08-03-2024 11:43 Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou slams Argentina, Brazil governments for blocking his free-trade deal with China; Lula and Spanish PM Sánchez optimistic about long-trailed EU despite impasse.

News of brazil

Brazil's shutdown of X fans debate over free speech curbs

Argentina fears for its Embassy as Venezuela takes diplomatic jab at Brazil

Mercosur-China trade talks must address imbalance, Paraguay says

Uruguay applauds Argentina’s shift of stance on Mercosur

Petrobras eyes Argentina deals to boost energy imports

Health authorities in Argentina order quarantine ship over mpox virus fears

Social media platform X to shutter local operations in Brazil

Plane with 61 aboard crashes in Brazil, no survivors

Maduro pledges to respect Brazil’s control of Argentina Embassy

Brazil to take custody of Argentine embassy in Venezuela

Brazil halts chicken exports to EU and Argentina on virus

Lula calls Brazil’s ambassador in Argentina home for ‘review’ of bilateral ties

Mercosur leaders slam Milei's absence from summit

Lula visits Bolivia seeking to unify the left after failed coup

Lacalle Pou criticises Milei’s decision to skip Mercosur summit

Mondino tells Mercosur peers that bloc needs ‘adrenaline shock’

Milei walks fine line as he slams 'judicial persecution' of Bolsonaro

Milei backs Bolsonaro without attacking Lula in Brazil visit

Milei takes his far-right roadshow to Lula’s backyard in Brazil

Lula reinstates commission to probe Brazil dictatorship crimes

Milei chooses bath of conservative affection and rebuffs Mercosur

Brazil 'regrets' Milei's absence at upcoming Mercosur summit

Milei defends Bolivia, Brazil views in ‘dinosaur’ rant

Milei picks pro-Bolsonaro rally over Lula for first Brazil trip

Milei shuns Mercosur summit and awkward meet with Lula

Milei refuses to apologise to Lula and his ‘inflamed ego’

Brazil's Lula waiting for apology from Milei for talking 'nonsense'

Nine-year-old Argentine motorbike racer dies after Brazil crash

Brazil Central Bank daces self-inflicted crisis

Milei and Lula’s frosty relationship was in full display at G7

Brazil asks Argentina for help in locating Bolsonaro coup fugitives

G7 leaders gather in Italy for talks dominated by Ukraine

Juan Darthés sentenced in Brazil to six years in prison for rape

Argentina tells Brazil it knows nothing about Brasília coup fugitives

China’s US$8.5 billion in steel spurs Latin America toward tariffs

MercadoLibre weathers Argentina tumult with Mexico, Brazil gains

Milei's foreign policy based on whims and mystical fantasies

Gaza conflict shows limits of Argentina, Brazil’s influence in Middle East

Milei requests meeting with Lula to discuss 'joint policies'

Mondino warms ties with Brazil, but no Milei-Lula meet on cards

Mondino says Argentina will ‘never interfere' in Brazil’s affairs

Inflation near 300% wipes out tourists’ deep discounts

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

Brazil judge orders probe of Elon Musk as censorship row erupts

Latin America, Caribbean set for record dengue season

Lula-Milei clash embodies world’s competing economic views

Macron slams 'very bad' EU-Mercosur deal, proposes negotiating new one

Record heat index of 62.3C scorches Rio de Janeiro

US green fuel push threatens Argentina’s main export market

Mercosur tensions: Uruguay rage overshadows hope for EU deal

Milei projects Argentina inflation plunging to 18% by end-2025

President Milei presents 2025 Budget to Congress, says zero deficit is a must

Milei government declares air transport in Argentina an ‘essential service’

The headline figures from the Milei government’s 2025 Budget

US soy is so cheap that even rival Argentina is buying it

La Justicia reconoció que una adolescente es hija de su madre, de su padre biológico y del afectivo

Un asteroide “del tamaño de un rascacielos” se acercará peligrosamente a la Tierra el 17 de septiembre

Choque en la Chacabuco: para el fiscal hubo “menosprecio” del conductor y lo acusó de falsear la declaración jurada

Cuánto cuesta hospedarse en los hoteles de Messi y Cristiano Ronaldo

Duras críticas a Martín Lousteau tras la suspensión de cuatro diputados radicales: "Quiere una Argentina kirchnerista"