President Lula da Silva presents the $38 billion project as he tries to strike a delicate balance between Beijing and Washington, his largest trade partners
The Brazilian city that hosted the climate summit illustrates the challenges faced by Global South cities in adapting to the effects of global warming
A conservative network that originated in Brazil and spread through Argentina has reached Mexico, acting as a political weapon
This year’s summit is being held in a country that has defied both authoritarianism and environmental collapse, a reminder that democracy triumphs where despotism destroys
Despite the number of inmates serving time at home, the country’s penitentiaries remain overcrowded
The coordinator of the Center for Security and Citizenship Studies considers the operation an example of the lack of a clear strategy on the part of the authorities
Rio’s governor echoes Trump’s rhetoric on ‘narco-terrorists’ and places the issue at the center of 2026 presidential campaign
Residents found more than 70 bodies following the previous day’s raid aimed at halting the spread of organized crime
This year’s summit in Belém will not only test the durability of the Paris Agreement, now a decade old—it will test whether the world can still come together to confront global threats at a time of fracture and distrust
The Brazilian Supreme Court reached a majority verdict to convict high-ranking military officers for attempting to prevent the transfer of power to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva after losing the 2022 election
The historic curse of pardoning politicians and military officers looms in Brazil as the Supreme Court tries the former president for an attempted coup
The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling this week on the former president and several military officers accused of leading a conspiracy against Lula
The former president of Brazil, who is not required to appear, is monitoring the Supreme Court’s final deliberations from his home, where he remains under house arrest
Chinese companies’ commitment to the South American country has accelerated, placing it as the second destination for direct investment in the first half of 2025, behind only Indonesia
Investigators are asking that the former president and his son Eduardo be charged with attempting to coerce the court judging him
With 90 days to go until COP30 in Belém, skyrocketing hotel prices and a shortage of beds are monopolizing preparatory contacts
The annual report criticizes Germany for its laws against far-right speech and refrains from censuring Israel’s actions in Gaza
The Brazilian president also believes Jair Bolsonaro should be tried for inciting the US to use trade as a weapon over the latter’s trial for plotting to overturn the 2022 election
The former president faces trial for allegedly plotting to commit a coup to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election. This latest move is unlikely to improve relations with Donald Trump, who calls it ‘a witch hunt’
That the event is taking place in such a symbolic territory is a powerful statement that offers an extraordinary opportunity to change the narrative, re-center Indigenous knowledge, and reimagine governance
The congressman and son of the former Brazilian president moved to the United States to maneuver against Lula, pave the way for tariffs against his home country, and encourage sanctions against the judge investigating his father
In a public letter, the US president urges the South American country to ‘immediately’ stop the legal proceedings against the former far-right president and keeps up his threat of tariffs
The White House’s tariff threat against Brazil to keep Bolsonaro out of prison goes beyond a violation of US law. It means that a president is now using economic blackmail to force another country’s justice system to do his bidding
The Brazilian president prioritizes negotiations in the trade dispute, but announces that if the White House carries out the threat, he will respond with reciprocal levies
There are no walls high enough to preserve islands of peace and prosperity surrounded by violence and misery, writes Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
The US has slapped the country with a 50% levy — more than any other nation — as the Republican president calls the former leader’s trial a ‘witch hunt’
The leaders of India and Indonesian are taking advantage of the BRICS summit to make official visits to Brazil