Brazil

Reports claimed that Brazilian First Lady Rosângela “Janja” da Silva berated Chinese dictator Xi Jinping on the subject of TikTok.

Traders have rebranded more than $1 billion worth of Venezuelan oil shipments to China as Brazilian crude over the past year to circumvent U.S. oil sanctions, Reuters reported on Monday.

Allies of strongman Vladimir Putin were treated to a lavish banquet on Thursday at the Kremlin as part of Russia’s 80th “Victory Day” anniversary celebrations.

Socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reportedly departed for an official visit to Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday in which local outlets report that he will once again pursue a mediator role between his hosts and Ukraine.

A migrant deported from the United States is the suspected terrorist behind the bombing plot at a Lady Gaga concert in Brazil.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro was discharged on Sunday after spending three weeks recovering from a complex 12-hour surgery.

A meeting of the top diplomats in BRICS, an anti-American commercial and security coalition led by China, reportedly ended on Tuesday with newer members of the group Egypt and Ethiopia refusing to sign a joint statement, sending a message of discord the more powerful original members of the group had hoped to avoid.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed outrage after the U.S. “altered” the sex on a visa issued to transgender lawmaker Erika Hilton.

Brazil’s top court, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), subpoenaed conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday while he is still recovering from an emergency surgery at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the DF Star Hospital in Brasília in relation to charges of allegedly staging a coup.

A poll found that former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro — who is banned from running for office — would defeat Lula da Silva in a hypothetical matchup.

Catholics across Latin America are observing this year’s Good Friday by participating in numerous processions and activities, honoring their respective countries’ Catholic traditions, some of which stand out as unique among themselves.

Apple has started assembling its latest iPhone 16e model in Brazil, marking a shift in the company’s production strategy as it aims to mitigate the impact of the ongoing trade war between the United States and China.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday published a video on social media showing his recovery process following an emergency 12-hour surgery on Sunday.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro underwent a 12-hour-long emergency surgery in Brasília on Sunday to treat an intestinal subocclusion, a complication stemming from prior surgeries he received as a result of a failed assassination attempt in 2018.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro thanked God for the election of President Donald Trump in a rally speech on Sunday.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro, who will soon stand trial on charges of trying to poison radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, said this weekend that a possible prison sentence would mark the “end of his life.”

Brazilian Prosecutor General Paulo Gonet requested that the nation’s top court, the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF), drop charges on Thursday against conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro on accusations of falsifying a Wuhan coronavirus vaccine card to enter the United States.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro will stand trial for allegedly plotting to poison current radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and stage a “coup” following his narrow defeat in the 2022 presidential election, Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) unanimously ruled on Wednesday.

Brazilian Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, announced on Tuesday that he will seek political asylum in the United States.

Conservative former President of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday stated that he has no intention of fleeing from the country to avoid a possible arrest ordered by the Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF).

Radical leftist President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday demanded President Donald Trump stop “shouting” and speak “respectfully” to him, adding he is “not of ugly faces.”

A new four-lane highway requiring the decimation of tens of thousands of acres of protected Amazon rainforest is being built to carry global elites to the COP30 climate summit in the Brazilian city of Belém.

Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes over the weekend requested that Brazil’s Attorney General evaluate seizing Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro’s passport for allegedly committing “crimes against sovereignty” and criticizing the STF alongside U.S. lawmakers, local outlets reported.

President Donald Trump wants the government to sell citizenship for $5 million via a  “Gold Card,” but lax border laws allow U.S. companies to privately sell U.S. citizenship for several thousand dollars going straight into their pockets.

Brazilian Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) Minister Alexandre de Moraes imposed a $1.42 million “non-compliance” fine on X (formerly Twitter) Thursday.

Mauro Cid, Jair Bolsonaro’s former aide-de-camp, claimed to the Brazilian Federal Police through a plea bargain statement unsealed on Wednesday that Bolsonaro allegedly received $86,000 in cash for the sale of Saudi jewelry that he received as gifts while he was president of Brazil.

Prosecutor General of Brazil Paulo Gonet on Tuesday filed criminal charges against conservative former President Jair Bolsonaro, accusing him of allegedly planning to poison current radical leftist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following his narrow defeat in the 2022 presidential election.

President of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ranted against President Donald Trump’s tariff and deportation policies on Monday.

Growing demand for Ozempic and similar drugs used for weight loss in Brazil has sparked a wave of violent robberies across pharmacies by organized gangs who see it as a lucrative source of income, the New York Times reported over the weekend.

Illegal Brazilian migrants in the United States are utilizing WhatsApp group messaging chats to share live information on ICE raids.

Brazil’s Air Force announced that it shot down a plane allegedly carrying drugs that illegally entered its airspace from Venezuela, killing two pilots.

Ricardo Leal, a forensic expert at the Brazilian Society of Toxicology (SBTox), warned of the dangers of the nitazenes synthetic super-opioids arriving to Brazil from China in an interview published by the Argentine outlet Infobae on Friday.

Brazilian investigators said on Friday that the Jinjiang Group, a subsidiary of Chinese auto giant BYD contracted to build a factory in Brazil, pressured Chinese workers to sign abusive contracts that treated them as slaves.

Brazil’s Foreign Ministry on Monday summoned the head of the U.S. embassy in Brasilia Gabriel Escobar to demand explanations on the “degrading treatment” that a group of 88 Brazilian deportees were allegedly subjected to, local outlets reported.

Heads of state and officials from Latin America’s leftist governments and authoritarian regimes issued statements this week marking the start of President Donald Trump’s second term, condemning Trump’s firm stance against authoritarianism.