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Montevideo, January 16th 2026 - 02:44 UTC

Brazil

  • Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 10:09 UTC

    Bolsonaro back in hospital after all

    Flávio Bolsonaro called De Moraes a denialist of medical science

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was hospitalized on Wednesday following a head injury sustained in his jail cell. The incident has triggered a fierce legal battle after Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes denied the retired Army captain proper assistance, citing technicalities.

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  • Thursday, January 8th 2026 - 09:56 UTC

    Three years after the fact, the Jan. 8 uprising still has Lula's future in the balance

    Whichever course of action Lula chooses, he will have to pay a political price

    Brazil is commemorating Thursday the third anniversary of the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état, for which most notably former President Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest aides have been convicted, in addition to some 810 other defendants.

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  • Wednesday, January 7th 2026 - 10:22 UTC

    Bolsonaro denied hospital trip after fall

    Michelle Bolsonaro fears her husband might have “neurological damage” after a fall that remained untreated for a while

    Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes denied on Tuesday a request from former President Jair Bolsonaro's legal team to have their client transferred to a medical facility after suffering what his relatives claim was a fall while locked up at the Federal Police's headquarters in Brasilia to serve his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan. 8, 2023, attempted coup d'état.

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  • Tuesday, January 6th 2026 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazil's oil and gas production has its ups and downs in late 2025

    “We project producing 2.5 million barrels of oil per day throughout this year,” Chambriard said

    Brazil's oil and natural gas production totaled 4.921 million barrels of oil equivalent per day (boe/d) in November 2025, with 3.773 million barrels per day (bbl/d) of oil extracted, which represented a 6.4% decrease from the previous month and a 13.9% increase compared to the same month in 2024.

  • Tuesday, January 6th 2026 - 08:33 UTC

    Maduro's fall becomes campaign asset for Flávio Bolsonaro

    Brazil's TSE is withholding evidence of Lula's ties with Maduro's regime, which will come out anyway in the US, Eduardo Bolsonaro noted (R)

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's sons Eduardo and Flávio foresee the latter's victory in this year's elections after the ties between deposed Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are exposed in the trial underway in New York.

  • Monday, January 5th 2026 - 10:36 UTC

    Leftwing governments object to Washington's abduction of Maduro

    Uruguayan left-wing demonstrators protest against US invasion in Venezuela. Photo: Sebastián Astorga

    The governments of Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Uruguay, and Spain issued a joint statement on Sunday, expressing “deep concern and rejection” of the US military operation that resulted in the capture of Nicolás Maduro.

  • Friday, January 2nd 2026 - 08:28 UTC

    Bolsonaro leaves hospital, goes back to Police HQs

    Bolsonaro's doctors continue to have full access to the patient while in detention, De Moraes argued in denying a request for house arrest

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro left Brasilia's DF Star Hospital late Thursday afternoon and was transferred back to the Federal Police's detention facility, where he is serving his 27-year prison sentence for masterminding the Jan 8, 2023, coup attempt.

  • Wednesday, December 31st 2025 - 10:45 UTC

    Bolsonaro slated for endoscopy amid post-surgery complications

    Bolsonaro is expected to be released on Jan. 1 back to the Federal Police's detention facility

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is scheduled to undergo a digestive endoscopy on Wednesday, as medical teams continue to treat him for recurring post-surgery complications.

  • Tuesday, December 30th 2025 - 09:55 UTC

    Power cuts reported in São Paulo due to heavy rains

    Similar forecasts have been issued by weather bureaus in neighboring Argentina and Uruguay

    Some 31,000 households were left without electricity on Monday in São Paulo after heavy rains late in the afternoon, leading to a Civil Defense flooding alert in South America's largest city.

  • Monday, December 29th 2025 - 22:02 UTC

    Bolsonaro undergoes new surgical procedure

    Carlos Bolsonaro posted about his father's health on Monday

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro underwent a second surgical procedure to treat persistent, chronic hiccups that have complicated his recovery from hernia surgery on Christmas Day. According to his son Carlos Bolsonaro, the family is concerned about the former head of State's health after a spike in blood pressure and new respiratory treatments.