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Lula to tap ally to run Brazil statistics agency, raising concerns of its future

27-07-2023 12:21 Lula's appointment of economist Marcio Pochmann to head Brazil's IBGE statistics agency raises credibility concerns due to his controversial left-wing views and past budget cuts affecting data accuracy.

Lula leads tributes on anniversary of Amazon double murder

06-06-2023 11:03 Loved ones and admirers stage commemorations for British journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous expert Bruno Pereira, who were murdered a year ago while documenting environmental crimes in the Amazon rainforest.

US envoy sees common ground with Brazil in racism fight

04-05-2023 13:38 The United States and Brazil pledged Wednesday to do more together to combat racism, citing common cause after the exit of leaders who championed white grievances.

Jair Bolsonaro ordered to face questioning over Brazil riots

17-04-2023 09:02 Brazilian Supreme Court judge has ordered former president Jair Bolsonaro to face questioning over riots in the seat of power by his supporters on January 8.

Jair Bolsonaro returns to Brazil for first time since election loss

30-03-2023 13:45 Three months after leaving for the United States in the final hours of his term, Brazil's ex-president Jair Bolsonaro returned home Thursday to reenter politics.

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico 'deeply concerned' by new Israeli West Bank plan

17-02-2023 16:58 Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico express "deep concern" over Israeli government's decision to legalise new settlements in the West Bank.

EU, Mercosur accelerate trade deal against backdrop of Sino-American tussle

06-02-2023 10:44 For more than two decades, the European Union and Mercosur laboriously negotiated a trade deal they agreed but never signed. Now, both sides want to finalise it to create a necessary partnership amid the global dispute between the United States and China.

'I was there': Souvenirs of pro-Bolsonarista riots on sale in Brasília

23-01-2023 12:25 In Brazil's capital, key chains, mugs and magnets depicting the shocking actions of supporters of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro are available to buy – and they're selling fast.

Grande irmão

14-01-2023 06:58 Lula might have rallied a hostile Congress, the Supreme Court and most people behind him in outrage against last Sunday’s barbarous assault but nobody wins.

by Michael Soltys

Disinformation fuelled rage in Brazil over vote outcome

12-01-2023 06:36 Far-right rioters who stormed Brasil's Congress January 8 in support of former president Jair Bolsonaro were partly mobilized by Internet disinformation suggesting irregularities and fraud in electric ballot boxes.