Who Is Setting Fire To The Amazon? "Red John" is an old acquaintance of landowners and ranchers in the Brazilian Amazon. International Business Times · Oct 13, 2025
Brazil’s Bolsonaro was convicted but the military appetite for a coup lingers Armed forces academies teach troops that military control would be better for the country, historians and experts say The Guardian - US · Oct 9, 2025
Brazilian governor apologies after joking about deadly methanol poisoning crisis São Paulo’s teetotal governor, Tarcísio de Freitas, says of scandal that has killed three that he would only worry when ‘they start faking Coca-Cola’ The Guardian - UK · Oct 8, 2025
Brazil’s president asks US to scrap tariffs in ‘friendly’ call with Trump Presidents spoke on a video call as expert speculates that Haiti could be an area where the two leaders can cooperate The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2025
Brazil's Lula Asks Trump To Remove Tariffs In 'Friendly' Phone Call President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged US President Donald Trump to remove punitive tariffs on Brazil in the first-ever official talks between the two leaders. International Business Times · Oct 6, 2025
Why does the supreme court keep bending the knee to Trump? As a new term begins, the justices have continually failed to provide a check on presidential power – with disastrous consequences The Guardian - US · Oct 6, 2025
Trump’s bullying of Latin America isn’t part of any plan – he doesn’t have a clue what he’s doing The president’s threats to attack Venezuela are regressive, dangerous and almost certain to backfire, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdall The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025
The US government is facing a crisis of legitimacy As the constitutional order frays, the US could look to Brazil as a demonstration of a functioning democracy The Guardian - US · Sep 28, 2025
Activists outraged after Rio lawmakers approve ‘wild west bonus’ for police who kill ‘criminals’ Similar legislation introduced in Rio in mid-1990s caused an explosion of extrajudicial killings in the city’s favelas The Guardian - US · Sep 25, 2025
Under-fire Brazil Senate Scraps Immunity Bid Brazil's Senate on Wednesday quashed a bid to expand criminal immunity for lawmakers after the proposal unleashed mass protests over the weekend. International Business Times · Sep 24, 2025
With Smiles And Daggers At UN, Lula And Trump Agree To Meet After trading barbs at the UN, US President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed his "excellent chemistry" with Brazilian counterpart Luis Inacio Lula da Silva, and announced a meeting next week. International Business Times · Sep 23, 2025
Lax gun laws in Brazil and US help arm Brazil's organized crime, study finds A study by the Sou da Paz Institute has revealed a rise in restricted-use firearms such as semiautomatic rifles reaching Brazilian criminal groups The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2025
Brazil’s president says in UN speech that democracy can prevail over ‘would-be autocrats’ South American leftist Lula takes indirect swipes at Trump in speech and warns that global threat of ‘anti-democratic forces’ persists The Guardian - US · Sep 23, 2025
Trump administration sanctions wife of Brazilian judge who sentenced Bolsonaro, revokes other visas The U.S. government has sanctioned the wife of Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2025
International Business Times · Sep 22, 2025 'No Amnesty!' Brazilians Protest Against Bid To Pardon Bolsonaro Tens of thousands of Brazilians protested Sunday against "shameless" lawmakers seeking an amnesty that could benefit former president Jair Bolsonaro, while pushing to shield themselves from criminal charges.
International Business Times · Sep 21, 2025 Brazilians Protest Bill Boosting Lawmakers' Immunity Thousands of Brazilians took to the streets Sunday in anger at moves by Congress to boost lawmakers' immunity and push for amnesty that could include far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted of trying to stage a coup.
The Guardian - UK · Sep 21, 2025 Brazilians protest in their thousands against granting Bolsonaro amnesty Huge crowds pack the streets to oppose endeavours to help ex-president escape jail
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2025 Brazil protests US visa limitations for health minister at UN assembly The United States has issued a visa with restrictions on movement within the country to a Brazilian official attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York
The Conversation · Sep 18, 2025 Why Brazilians have been so divided in their reaction to Bolsonaro’s conviction Brazilians have been strikingly divided in their response to the trial and conviction of their former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat. A poll conducted shortly before the September 11 verdict found that 48% wanted to see Bolsonaro imprisoned while an almost equal proportion…
The Conversation · Sep 18, 2025 Bolsonaro conviction breaks Brazil’s record of handing impunity to coup plotters and may protect its democracy from military interference Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.
Reason · Sep 18, 2025 Brazil's Democracy Is Not Safer After Bolsonaro's Conviction The unprecedented conviction of the former president is reshaping Brazilian politics.
Euronews · Sep 17, 2025 Doctors for Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro say they have detected early-stage cancer Bolsonaro's lawyers are likely to put his ill health forward as an argument for house arrest rather than prison following his coup conviction.
The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2025 Doctors for Brazil's Bolsonaro say early-stage cancer detected in his skin lesions Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro say they have detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed over the weekend from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction last week on attempted coup charges
International Business Times · Sep 17, 2025 Brazil's Bolsonaro Adds Skin Cancer To Medical Woes Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last week of leading an attempted coup, has been diagnosed with skin cancer, his doctor said Wednesday.
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2025 Brazil’s Bolsonaro goes to hospital for the second time since his coup trial conviction Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has returned to a hospital in Brasilia