Brazil

• Thursday, February 26th 2026 - 07:49 UTC

  Brazil: Brazão brothers sentenced to 76 years for ordering Marielle Franco killing

  

  Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court (STF) on Wednesday convicted brothers Domingos Inácio Brazão and João Francisco Inácio Brazão — known as Chiquinho — of ordering the 2018 assassination of Rio de Janeiro city councillor Marielle Franco and her driver, Anderson Gomes. The court imposed 76 years and three months in prison on each brother, in a unanimous ruling in one of the country’s most high-profile political violence cases.

• Wednesday, February 25th 2026 - 03:37 UTC

  Heavy rains leave at least 28 dead and dozens missing in Brazil’s Minas Gerais

  

  Heavy rains and landslides in southeastern Brazil have killed at least 28 people and left more than 40 missing, with the worst impact reported in the state of Minas Gerais, according to local authorities and rescue teams.

• Tuesday, February 24th 2026 - 23:52 UTC

  Orsi and Lacalle Pou reunite at Uruguayan Air Force event marking arrival of A-29 Super Tucanos

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi and former president Luis Lacalle Pou attended an Air Force ceremony at Base Aérea No. 1 (Route 101, Canelones) for the presentation of the first A-29 Super Tucano aircraft entering service with the Uruguayan Air Force (FAU). Defence Minister Sandra Lazo and former defence minister—now senator—Javier García were also present.

• Tuesday, February 24th 2026 - 03:17 UTC

  Brazil’s VP Alckmin backs workweek cuts as a global trend

  

  Brazil’s Vice President and Industry and Trade Minister Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that shorter working hours are a “global trend” and that Brazil should debate the issue in depth, as business leaders push to delay discussion of ending the widely used 6x1 work schedule.

• Monday, February 23rd 2026 - 04:06 UTC

  Lula meets South Korea’s Lee to deepen trade and defence ties

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva began the official programme of his state visit to South Korea in Seoul on Monday, ahead of talks with President Lee Jae-myung expected to strengthen cooperation on trade, defence and other strategic areas.

• Saturday, February 21st 2026 - 02:21 UTC

  Brazil’s top prosecutor opposes Bolsonaro house arrest

  

  Brazil’s Prosecutor-General Paulo Gonet filed an opinion on Friday with the Supreme Federal Court (STF) opposing a request for former President Jair Bolsonaro to serve his sentence under house arrest, arguing that the facility where he is held has adequate medical support.

• Thursday, February 19th 2026 - 01:33 UTC

  Flávio Bolsonaro mocks samba school’s demotion after Lula tribute, says the “next drop” will be him

  

  Senator Flávio Bolsonaro (Liberal Party, PL), seen as a potential right-wing contender in Brazil’s October presidential election, said that after the samba school that paid tribute to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was relegated in Rio de Janeiro’s carnival standings, the “next drop” will be Lula’s — and that of the Workers’ Party (PT).

• Monday, February 16th 2026 - 17:03 UTC

  Brazilian opposition announces legal action against Lula over Rio Carnival tribute

  

  Brazil’s opposition said it will file complaints with the country’s electoral courts against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arguing that a Rio Carnival tribute staged by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói amounted to illegal early campaigning funded, at least in part, with public money.

• Monday, February 16th 2026 - 06:51 UTC

  Milei to travel to the first Board of Peace summit and to meet with Trump

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei will travel to the United States this week to attend the inaugural summit of President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace” and hold another meeting with Trump in Washington.

• Monday, February 16th 2026 - 06:00 UTC

  Lula and other Brazilian presidents at the Sambadrome: tributes, satire and scandals

  

  The tribute paid on Sunday by samba school Acadêmicos de Niterói to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva — a parade that traced his life story and political rise — has revived debate over the long-standing relationship between Rio’s carnival and political power. Lula is not the first Brazilian president to be featured on the Sambadrome, but he is the first to receive such an honor while alive and in office, according to an EFE account.