How Were Monday Morning Headlines Tied to the Global Coffee Market? While not having to do with the coffee market itself, Monday morning's headlines were connected to coffee. Barchart · Oct 26
Inside Brazil’s divided democracy At the height of election season in Brazil, Newslaundry’s Manisha Pande travelled from a Bolsonaro rally in São Paulo to a left-wing bar in Rio de Janeiro to ask whether a country this divided can still talk to itself. Manisha was in Brazil following an invitation to attend the 10th… Newslaundry · Oct 24
Zombie walk, Brazil’s presidential runoff, assassination of Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer and other top photo from Latin American and the Caribbean Chile hosts a time-travel-themed zombie walk featuring costumes inspired by monsters and bygone eras; Bolsonaro and Lula intensify their campaigns in the final week before Brazil’s presidential runoff; and a prominent Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer is assassinated on a soccer field in Guatemala City. The Independent UK · Oct 22
'Bolsonaro win could put EU-Brazil ties at risk,' says former MEP Albuquerque A Bolsonaro victory could push Brazil further from the European Union, according to Portuguese political analyst and former MEP João Albuquerque. He says Lula helped bring the two sides closer on trade, climate and democratic values, including progress on the Mercosur deal. Euronews · Oct 5
Trump fans in Brazil, Rubio honored, and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean Bolsonaro backers paraded a Trump effigy ahead of Brazil’s general election. Ecuador honored Marco Rubio, while Argentines remembered the late singer Gilda. This gallery was curated by photo editor Leslie Mazoch, based in Mexico City. The Independent UK · Sep 10
'Polarised Brazil': Lula remains a 'strong candidate' despite challenges of incumbency François Picard is pleased to welcome Andreza Aruska de Souza Santos, Director of King’s Brazil Institute at the School of Global Affairs, King’s College London and Associate Professor in Brazil and Latin American Studies. According to Aruska, Brazil’s approaching elections can be viewed through competing prisms: macroeconomic performance and political… France 24 · Sep 7
‘I’ve been advised not to say certain things’: The Secret Agent makers on Oscars, dictators and death threats The actor Wagner Moura and writer-director Kleber Mendonça Filho explain how the Brazilian thriller mirrors their experiences of political corruption and why they are compelled to speak out The Guardian - UK · Feb 6
Brazil’s Lula sanctions an increase in tax exemptions for low-income people Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has sanctioned a bill that exempts people earning up to 5,000 reais a month from income taxes The Independent UK · Nov 26, 2025
Crowds cheer in Brasília after Bolsonaro convicted of coup attempt Opponents of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro celebrated across Brasília on Thursday night after the Supreme Court sentenced him to more than 27 years in prison for attempting a coup. Euronews · Sep 12, 2025
Scientists think they’ve found 300-year-old shipwreck with £15bn treasure on board San Jose galleon, which sank in 1708, was loaded with gold, silver and emeralds worth billions The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
Secrets of underground reptile colonies revealed after 250 million years The findings confirm that communal living among land-living reptiles happened further back in time than we thought The Independent UK · Jun 11, 2025
A "roadmap" for a new Trump resistance The authors of “1/6: The Graphic Novel” on "how everyday people can work to restore and improve our democracy" Salon · Nov 26, 2024
Brazilian Police Arrest Officers Plotting Coup And Assassinations Brazil arrests officers planning coup to overthrow government post-2022 elections, implicating retired general and former President Bolsonaro. Ongoing inve... Top News · Nov 19, 2024
Brazil still grappling with dark period of military dictatorship, 60 years on Six decades after the military coup that plunged Brazil into 21 years of dictatorship, the country is still struggling with its old demons. FRANCE 24’s team went to meet deeply divided Brazilians – Bolsonaro supporters who are nostalgic for the dictatorship and survivors and left-wingers who want to make sure… France 24 · May 3, 2024
Top News · Mar 28, 2024 Bolsonaro Denies Seeking Asylum At Hungarian Embassy President Bolsonaro denies seeking asylum at Hungarian embassy in response to Supreme Court inquiry.
Radio France Internationale · Mar 27, 2024 France's Macron visits Brazil to launch €1bn Amazon protection plan French President Emmanuel Macron, who has criticized Brazil for not doing enough to protect the Amazon, is in the South American country for a three-day visit. Alongside President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, he'll launch a billion-euro green investment plan for the rainforest.
The Guardian - US · Feb 14, 2023 What happens when you start trusting women? We have the receipts The playwright V (formerly Eve Ensler) and a group of activists started a global movement for women’s rights in 1998. On V-Day’s 25th anniversary, they tell us what happened in their communities after they took action
The Guardian - UK · Jan 27, 2023 ‘Brazil was asleep’: as the rains come, hope reawakens for the Amazon While the honeymoon mood created by the new government will run up against political reality, the euphoria is not blind
The Independent UK · Dec 30, 2022 Lula ‘surprised by delayed call from Sunak’ in run up to Brazilian president’s inauguration Lula is said to have spoken to Joe Biden, Olaf Scholz and Emmanuel Macron long before the UK prime minister
Salon · Dec 6, 2022 Essential reads on issues in the Amazon The best reads on the nuanced issues in the Amazon — and who and what is causing it
The Guardian - AU · Dec 4, 2022 Nalini Malani: ‘Trump and Bolsonaro are totally phallic people – but there are men inclined to feminist thought’ The 76-year-old Indian artist reflects on the sectarian violence and misogyny that has inspired her work, including the rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl
The Conversation · Nov 18, 2022 Ending Amazon deforestation: 4 essential reads about the future of the world's largest rainforest Brazil’s president-elect, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, was greeted with applause and cheers when he addressed the U.N. climate conference in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Nov. 16, 2022. As he had in his campaign, Lula pledged to stop rampant deforestation in the Amazon, which his predecessor, Jair Bolsanaro, had encouraged.
The Conversation · Nov 10, 2022 Brazil: the new president inherits massive economic and environmental problems The newly elected president of Brazil is an experienced politician, having already served two terms in the role. But Lula da Silva will take the reins of a country that looks very different from the one he presided over before.
Los Angeles Times · Nov 8, 2022 Commentary: Antisemitism’s ‘imaginary Jew’ is the target in Brazil’s pro-Bolsonaro, neo-Nazi demonstrations While Kanye West’s deranged, antisemitic ramblings continue to draw global attention, a more insidious form of antisemitism has been making noise in South America, an antisemitism based on what one Brazilian academic calls “the imaginary Jew.”
Radio France Internationale · Oct 31, 2022 Lula takes back the top job in Brazil, defeating Bolsonaro The polls were close, but left-wing Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva emerged triumphant in Brazil’s presidential election in the early hours of Monday, winning by less than two percent against Jair Bosonaro.