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Argentina moves closer to joining BRICS group

Yesterdat 12:00 China and Brazil support bid, according to reports; President Alberto Fernández says joining is chance to institutionalise “new world order based on development.”

BILLIONAIRE VISITS BRAZIL

Musk, Bolsonaro talk free speech, deforestation in Brazil

Yesterdat 08:25 Elon Musk’s efforts to buy Twitter received the enthusiastic backing of President Jair Bolsonaro during a short and unexpected visit to Brazil.

BILLIONAIRE IN BRAZIL

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

20-05-2022 12:30 Billionaire Elon Musk arrived in Brazil Friday, announcing a project to bring internet access to schools in the Amazon and improve satellite monitoring of the rainforest.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

19-05-2022 12:57 Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the front-runner in the October elections, married fellow Workers' Party member and sociologist Rosangela da Silva on Wednesday.

Rosangela da Silva

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

19-05-2022 12:45 Sociologist Rosangela da Silva and Lula, Brazil's president from 2003 to 2010, were married in a ceremony on Wednesday evening, the details of which were kept top-secret.

FOOTBALL IN SOUTH AMERICA

Brazilian football clubs open doors to foreign investors

17-05-2022 10:45 After a century operating as non-profit associations, Brazilian clubs have started transforming their business models.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Brazil's Bolsonaro appeals to the first lady to curb rejection from female voters

13-05-2022 07:00 President Jair Bolsonaro's wife, First Lady Michelle, is emerging as a powerful weapon in his campaign, as he is unpopular with a demographic that makes up more than half the electorate — women.

Summit of the Americas 2022

Fernández to attend Summit of the Americas despite LatAm drop-out threats

12-05-2022 17:32 President confirms attendance in Los Angeles next month, but backs Mexican leader Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s demand that Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela be invited.

MATCH CALLED OFF

Australian state 'pissed off' over Argentina-Brazil cancellation

12-05-2022 12:31 Sports minister of Australia's state of Victoria reacts with anger after Argentina pulls out of a highly anticipated friendly against rivals Brazil in Melbourne.

PRICE HIKES

Brazil April inflation rate hits 26-year high

11-05-2022 16:18 Brazil's inflation rate hit a 26-year high for the month of April, the government said Wednesday, as spiralling prices continued to defy the central bank's push to rein them in.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Lula, the tarnished icon, seeking a comeback as president in Brazil

09-05-2022 15:59 Capping a lifetime of dramatic twists of fate, 76-year-old leftist icon Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is seeking his unlikeliest turnaround yet: a presidential comeback.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Lula launches presidential campaign to 'rebuild Brazil'

09-05-2022 15:51 Former Brazil president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launches his campaign for a new presidential term, slamming the "irresponsible and criminal" administration of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro.

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

FIFA confirms replay for abandoned Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier

09-05-2022 13:01 FIFA confirms abandoned 2022 World Cup qualifier between Brazil and Argentina will be replayed, after rejecting appeals from both national federations.

BRAZILIAN ECONOMY

Brazil hikes key interest rate 10th straight time

04-05-2022 21:13 Brazil's Central Bank raises key interest rate for the 10th straight time, trying to tame surging inflation that has proved tough to slow for policy makers.

LATIN AMERICA

Brazil's Lula says Ukraine leader Zelensky shares blame for war

04-05-2022 21:11 Brazilian presidential front-runner Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva tells 'Time' magazine that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin bear equal responsibility for the war in Ukraine.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Will Bolsonaro stage a comeback election win?

04-05-2022 15:45 The far-right incumbent has staged a turnaround, so much so that political analysts now say he could yet come from behind to win a new four-year term.

Climate Crisis

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

30-04-2022 15:42 Huge swathes of tropical rainforest were burned or hacked down for cattle and crops last year, led by destruction in Brazil, researchers said Thursday, warning that climate change itself is making it harder to reverse the losses.

Climate Crisis

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

30-04-2022 15:30 Jair Bolsonaro fires back after US actor and environmentalist Leonardo DiCaprio urged Brazilian youth to register to vote in the country's October elections – implying they should vote against the far-right president.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Bolsonaro defends pardon for controversial ally

26-04-2022 11:49 Far-right president has come in for criticism since pardoning Congressman Daniel Silveira, after Supreme Court sentenced 39-year-old lawmaker to eight years and nine months in prison for his role leading a movement calling for the court to be overthrown.

Environment

Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation, concludes study

20-04-2022 16:26 Brazil's indigenous reservations have acted as a barrier against deforestation over the past three decades, although destruction of the Amazon rainforest has accelerated recently under President Jair Bolsonaro.

International football

Argentina, Brazil to play World Cup build-up match in Melbourne

20-04-2022 05:53 National side lines up clash against arch-rivals at Melbourne Cricket Ground in June – just five months before the Qatar 2022 World Cup kicks off.

Brazil election 2022

Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign

18-04-2022 16:56 Jair Bolsonaro trails in polls for Brazil's upcoming presidential election. The outcome may hinge on government subsidies in a nation riven by inequality.

Coronavirus Pandemic

Brazil to lift public health emergency 'in coming days,' says health minister

18-04-2022 10:35 Brazil's Health Minister Marcelo Queiroga said Sunday the public health emergency measures in place for over two years will soon end, citing a drop in the number of deaths and infections.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil's Lula slams Bolsonaro over indigenous policies

12-04-2022 19:35 Speaking at a protest by thousands of indigenous people who are camping out in Brasilia to protest Bolsonaro's policies, Lula drew loud cheers with a promise to undo current President Jair Bolsonaro's policies on indigenous people if elected.

Land Rights

Report: Illegal mining and abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land

11-04-2022 17:50 Illegal gold mining surged by a record amount last year on Brazil's biggest indigenous reservation according to a report published Monday, which detailed chilling accounts of abuses by miners.

LAVA JATO

Odebrecht corruption scandal: disgraced Ecuador and Peru leaders freed

11-04-2022 11:27 Ecuador's former vice president Jorge Glas and Peru's ex-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski, both involved with the Brazilian Odebrecht corruption scandal, have been freed

Culture

Brazil's first indigenous fashion show 'a form of resistance'

10-04-2022 22:19 This April, Brazil held its first-ever indigenous fashion show, aiming to overcome stereotypes and embrace the indigenous culture.

Bloomberg

Guzmán says Brazil to ensure Argentine electricity in Winter

09-04-2022 00:10 Brazil will guarantee the country's energy security in the months of May to September, through the supply of electricity, says Economy Ministry.

CORRUPTION & THE COURTS

Brazil’s refusal to collaborate on Argentine branch of Odebrecht case flagged

07-04-2022 17:27 Federal Prosecutor Federico Delgado says Brazilian courts have "stonewalled" every attempt to obtain information concerning the local chapter of the so-called 'Operação Lava Jato' corruption scandal.

TRAVEL & TOURISM

Brazil drops Covid test requirement for vaccinated travellers

06-04-2022 13:45 Brazil has loosened its pandemic restrictions for international travellers, ending its Covid-19 test requirement for vaccinated passengers and scrapping a lengthy health questionnaire.

POLITICS & ECONOMY

Argentina to hold talks with Bolivia and Brazil over gas supplies

05-04-2022 16:59 Alberto Fernández will receive his Bolivian counterpart Luis Arce on Thursday to begin negotiations over the supply of gas during the cold Winter months.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Bolsonaro and Lula already in campaign mode in Brazil

04-04-2022 07:24 There are more than four months to go until the race for Brazil's October elections officially starts, but the leading candidates are already on the campaign trail.

BRAZIL ELECTION 2022

Ex-Brazilian judge Sergio Moro ends campaign for president

31-03-2022 22:03 Sergio Moro, the famed 'Lava Jato' federal judge and ex-justice minister drops out of race for Presidency.

MUSIC & CULTURE

'Latinas are reaching the top,' says Brazil's Anitta

31-03-2022 13:19 Brazilian pop star, whose booty-grinding reggaeton hit "Envolver" claimed top spot on Spotify last week, says her international success shows "Latinas are reaching the top."

WORLD CUP QUALIFIERS

Argentina draw as Peru book World Cup play-off spot as Colombia, Chile miss out

30-03-2022 09:29 Argentina held 1-1 by Ecuador in South American qualifiers on a decisive night for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.

COURTS & JUSTICE

Brazilian court restores trial for rape of Argentine actress Thelma Fardin

30-03-2022 02:19 A federal court in São Paulo federal court has reversed its own ruling that annulled the rape trial involving Thelma Fardin and her ex-co-star Juan Darthés.

RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE

Brazilians join fight in far-away Ukraine

28-03-2022 14:02 Hundreds of Brazilians are looking to join the 20,000 volunteers from more than 50 countries who have applied to join the International Legion of Defence of Ukraine, a corps launched to help fend off the Russian invasion.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil opposed to ejecting Russia from G20, says foreign minister

25-03-2022 14:43 Brazil is "clearly opposed" to barring Russia from the G20, its foreign minister has said.

sports

Albiceleste coach Scaloni names squad for World Cup qualifiers

20-03-2022 14:28 Star forward Lionel Messi returns to the Argentina fold for two World Cup qualifiers later this month after he was included in coach Lionel Scaloni's squad announced on Friday.

justice

Thelma Fardin seeks justice in Brazil after rape trial collapse

16-03-2022 10:35 Thelma Fardin visits São Paulo "seeking justice," following the annulment of the rape trial against Juan Darthés – and the Argentine actress shows no sign of giving up.

CULTURE & SPORT

Mass brawls, attacks as football violence spreads in Latin America

15-03-2022 12:27 A string of outbreaks of violence, several deadly, suggest that fan unrest in Latin American football is spiralling out of control.

BRAZIL UNDER BOLSONARO

Brazil exits recession, but faces tough year ahead

06-03-2022 09:02 Brazil exited recession in the fourth quarter, but weak growth and high inflation still dog Latin America's biggest economy.

UKRAINE WAR

Brazil's Lula warns of dangers of new Cold War

03-03-2022 23:39 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva warnsthat a new Cold War could put the survival of humanity at risk, calling for a peaceful solution in Ukraine.

LATIN AMERICA: MIGRATION

Disillusioned and 'betrayed,' Brazilians flock abroad

03-03-2022 14:00 Brazil is the largest economy in Latin America but every year thousands of its citizens pack their bags and head for pastures new.

RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT

Latin America divided on Russia-Ukraine conflict

25-02-2022 00:12 Region is divided on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, with most condemning military action but a few asserting Moscow's "right to defend itself" against perceived NATO encroachment.

Bloomberg

Soybeans soar to nine-year high with South America supply in doubt

23-02-2022 16:21 Soybeans climbed to a nine-year high as dimming prospects for South American harvests threaten global supplies.

Mining

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

23-02-2022 13:04 Major mining companies are seeking to expand to currently protected indigenous lands in the Amazon rainforest, bolstered by billions of dollars in financing from international banks and investment firms

Environment

Petrópolis tragedy: 182 people dead from flash floods and landslides

22-02-2022 23:16 Death toll from flash floods and landslides that hit Brazilian city of Petropolis rises to 182, authorities said.

DISASTER IN BRAZIL

Race to find survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 104

17-02-2022 15:28 Rescuers raced against the clock Thursday to find survivors among the mud and wreckage caused by devastating flash floods and landslides that killed 104 people in the picturesque Brazilian city of Petrópolis.

Tragedy in Rio de Janeiro state

Torrential rain kills 44 in Brazil tourist town of Petrópolis

16-02-2022 13:00 At least 44 people have been killed after devastating flash floods and landslides hit the picturesque Brazilian city of Petropolis.

News of brazil

Argentina moves closer to joining BRICS group

Musk, Bolsonaro talk free speech, deforestation in Brazil

Musk to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil, launch plan to survey and connect Amazon

Brazil's Lula ties the knot months before presidential election

Smiley and discreet: meet the sociologist who married Brazil's Lula

Brazilian football clubs open doors to foreign investors

Brazil's Bolsonaro appeals to the first lady to curb rejection from female voters

Fernández to attend Summit of the Americas despite LatAm drop-out threats

Australian state 'pissed off' over Argentina-Brazil cancellation

Brazil April inflation rate hits 26-year high

Lula, the tarnished icon, seeking a comeback as president in Brazil

Lula launches presidential campaign to 'rebuild Brazil'

FIFA confirms replay for abandoned Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier

Brazil hikes key interest rate 10th straight time

Brazil's Lula says Ukraine leader Zelensky shares blame for war

Will Bolsonaro stage a comeback election win?

10 football pitches of pristine rainforest lost per minute in 2021

Bolsonaro responds after DiCaprio urges Brazil youth to vote

Brazil's Bolsonaro defends pardon for controversial ally

Indigenous lands block Brazil deforestation, concludes study

Argentina, Brazil to play World Cup build-up match in Melbourne

Cash handouts are saving Brazil’s poorest — and Bolsonaro’s campaign

Brazil to lift public health emergency 'in coming days,' says health minister

Brazil's Lula slams Bolsonaro over indigenous policies

Report: Illegal mining and abuses surge on Brazil indigenous land

Odebrecht corruption scandal: disgraced Ecuador and Peru leaders freed

Brazil's first indigenous fashion show 'a form of resistance'

Guzmán says Brazil to ensure Argentine electricity in Winter

Brazil’s refusal to collaborate on Argentine branch of Odebrecht case flagged

Brazil drops Covid test requirement for vaccinated travellers

Argentina to hold talks with Bolivia and Brazil over gas supplies

Bolsonaro and Lula already in campaign mode in Brazil

Ex-Brazilian judge Sergio Moro ends campaign for president

'Latinas are reaching the top,' says Brazil's Anitta

Argentina draw as Peru book World Cup play-off spot as Colombia, Chile miss out

Brazilian court restores trial for rape of Argentine actress Thelma Fardin

Brazilians join fight in far-away Ukraine

Brazil opposed to ejecting Russia from G20, says foreign minister

Albiceleste coach Scaloni names squad for World Cup qualifiers

Thelma Fardin seeks justice in Brazil after rape trial collapse

Mass brawls, attacks as football violence spreads in Latin America

Brazil exits recession, but faces tough year ahead

Brazil's Lula warns of dangers of new Cold War

Disillusioned and 'betrayed,' Brazilians flock abroad

Latin America divided on Russia-Ukraine conflict

Soybeans soar to nine-year high with South America supply in doubt

Report: Mining firms targeting Brazil protected indigenous lands

Petrópolis tragedy: 182 people dead from flash floods and landslides

Race to find survivors after Brazil floods, landslides kill 104

Torrential rain kills 44 in Brazil tourist town of Petrópolis

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Argentina moves closer to joining BRICS group

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