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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.

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.

The governments of ten Latin American nations expressed concern over the “threat” of mass deportations under President Donald Trump in a joint statement released over the weekend.

Brazil denied an appeal by former President Jair Bolsonaro to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

The Supreme Federal Tribunal (STF) of Brazil on Thursday denied former President Jair Bolsonaro’s request for permission to leave the country to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

An Olympic kitesurfer’s video clip is going viral after he rescued a woman who was on the verge of drowning off the coast of Brazil.

The socialist government of Brazil, notorious for its online censorship campaigns, gave Facebook parent company Meta a 72-hour deadline this weekend to provide “explanations” on its decision to scrap its third party “fact check” system, known for its left-leaning bias.

Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker BYD is under investigation for using “irregular visas” to ship workers to Brazil, where they were kept in what Brazilian inspectors described as “slavery-like conditions.”

Chinese state media is celebrating automaker BYD surpassing Elon Musk’s Tesla as the world’s top producer of electric vehicles (EVs), while downplaying reports that BYD has been keeping its Brazilian workforce in conditions “analogous to slavery.”

The leftist governments of Latin America will begin 2025 with their once-vaunted unity strained and with many facing its own share of controversies at home.

The government of Brazil stopped issuing work visas for Chinese electric carmaker BYD after local authorities rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in conditions “analogous to slavery” at a BYD factory under construction in the city of Camaçari, Bahia, Reuters reported.

A regional poll found that Argentine President Javier Milei is the most popular head of state in South America.

Brazil shut down construction of a BYD factory when 163 Chinese nationals were found working in “conditions analogous to slavery.”

The Brazilian Chamber of Deputies passed a bill on Thursday containing provisions allowing the chemical castration of individuals convicted of pedophilia.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil underwent an emergency craniotomy in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

A model and her family were reportedly held captive for several hours on Wednesday in a shack infested with snakes and scorpions in Brazil.

President-elect Donald Trump threatened BRICS countries with a 100 percent tariff if they tried to “create a new BRICS Currency” or to support another currency to “replace” the U.S. dollar.

Brazil’s national currency, the Brazilian real, dropped to an all-time low on Friday morning.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres encouraged world governments on Tuesday to “rein in hate speech and disinformation spreading online” through a global censorship framework.

Brazil’s Federal Police indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for allegedly plotting to poison President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Genocidal Chinese dictator Xi Jinping held extensive, fruitful meetings with socialist Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday that concluded with the countries agreeing to elevate their diplomatic ties to that of “Community for a Shared Brazil-China Future for a More Just World and More Sustainable Planet.”

World Health Organization director Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was hospitalized after the G20 in Rio de Janeiro with hypertension.

Far-left president of Colombia Gustavo Petro claimed on Tuesday that Venezuela’s fraudulent July 28 presidential election was “a mistake” due to socialist dictator Nicolás Maduro’s “dark handling” of the dubious results.

The far-left presidents of Colombia, Brazil, Chile, and Mexico on Monday vowed to strengthen the Latin American “progressive bloc” ahead of U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20.

Brazil published the joint declaration of the 2024 G20 Summit, which calls for an end to war, hunger, poverty, and disease.

Outgoing President Joe Biden is expected to conclude what will likely be his final major international trip as president this week, leaving Latin America following a series of embarrassing episodes including his bizarre departure into the Amazon Rainforest and G20 organizers omitting him from a group photo of world leaders on Monday.

President Joe Biden drew attention for all the wrong reasons Sunday when he visited part of the Amazon rainforest in Brazil, made a speech and then appeared to wander off alone into the wilds of the undergrowth to commune with nature.

First lady of Brazil Rosângela Lula da Silva, commonly referred to as “Janja,” swore at Tesla CEO and Twitter owner Elon Musk over the weekend at a G20 event in which she called for the regulation of social media.

Brazil’s Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is allegedly attempting to push a joint statement at the G20 that lacks explicit condemnation of Russia.

Multiple reports citing anonymous diplomats and others at the G20 summit, which began Monday, shared concern on the part of leftists participating that the incoming administration of American President-elect Donald Trump would effectively freeze any progress on their agendas or invalidate leftist promises in the expected joint statement.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the radical leftist President of Brazil  currently hosting the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, will tell attendees Monday the time has come for a global taxation impost on ultra wealthy individuals.

Chinese dictator Xi Jinping began a week-long tour of South America on Thursday in Peru, where he joined President Dina Boularte to inaugurate a new deep-water port in Chancay that was financed with a $1.3 billion investment from China. 

A man killed himself with an explosive device outside of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal’s (STF) on Wednesday evening in what Brazilian police have described as a suicide attack.

Jair Bolsonaro, currently banned from leaving Brazil, said he will request permission to attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.

Latin American heads of state congratulated President-elect Donald Trump for his victory in Tuesday’s presidential election.