How Domestic Strife and U.S. Tensions Risk Brazil’s Global Standing

(Op-Ed Analysis) Brazil, Latin America’s largest economy and the Americas’ second largest, now faces the onset of an unprecedented geopolitical storm. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s leftist government faces intensifying conflicts... Read more »

What to know about the trial of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro will wear an electronic ankle monitor on orders from the Supreme Court, where he is on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup... Read more »

The letters are just one piece : NPR

An aerial view picture of the port of Santos, the largest port complex in Latin America and one of the largest in the world, taken on Thursday in Santos, Sao Paulo state,... Read more »

Trump’s tariff threat pushes Lula’s popularity and worsens legal troubles for Brazil’s ex-leader

SAO PAULO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump may have thought that pressuring Brazil with higher tariffs would help his ally, the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, but the move apparently backfired.... Read more »

Tariff hike to have limited impact on GDP, IMF director says | Economy

The 50% tariff imposed by the United States on Brazilian products is expected to have only a marginal impact on Brazil’s economic growth. That is the preliminary assessment of the International Monetary... Read more »

Brazil’s President Lula says Trump was ‘not elected to be emperor of the world,’ as US-Brazil spat escalates

CNN  —  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has hit back at Donald Trump’s tariff threats, saying that his American counterpart was elected as the leader of the United States and... Read more »

US President Donald Trump’s administration deports five migrants to Eswatini

The US has deported five people who it described as “criminal illegal aliens” to the southern African kingdom of Eswatini. On board the flight were five deportees from Vietnam, Jamaica, Laos, Cuba... Read more »

Prosecutors recommend one day of prison for officer in Breonna Taylor death | Donald Trump News

The United States Department of Justice has requested that a former police officer involved in the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor be given a prison term of a single day, plus three... Read more »

Brazil passes ‘devastation bill’ that drastically weakens environmental law | Brazil

Brazilian lawmakers have passed a bill that drastically weakens the country’s environmental safeguards and is seen by many activists as the most significant setback for the country’s environmental legislation in the past... Read more »

Brazil eager to avert higher US tariffs — MercoPress

Brazil eager to avert higher US tariffs Wednesday, July 16th 2025 – 09:49 UTC Alckmin chaired separate mmeetings with representativers from the agricultural and industrial sectors Brazil is actively working... Read more »