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Montevideo, January 7th 2026 - 12:50 UTC

Brazil

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 09:58 UTC

    De Moraes okays Bolsonaro's surgery, but not at home recuperation time

    Bolsonaro's past actions render him a flight risk, De Moraes found

    Brazilian Supreme Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes on Friday authorized former President Jair Bolsonaro to temporarily leave prison to undergo surgery. However, the magistrate flatly denied a request for the former president to serve the remainder of his sentence under humanitarian house arrest, citing a history of non-compliance and a high flight risk.

  • Saturday, December 20th 2025 - 09:46 UTC

    Integration Bridge between Paraguay and Brazil opened to traffic

    Lula presided over the ceremony as Peña was kept in Asunción due to personal issues

    The Brazil-Paraguay Integration Bridge was officially opened to vehicle traffic on Friday during a ceremony attended by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. His Paraguayan counterpart, Santiago Peña, intends to hold a separate event on Saturday on his country's side of the structure linking Foz do Iguaçu (Brazil) to Presidente Franco (Paraguay).

  • Friday, December 19th 2025 - 21:34 UTC

    Superflu makes it to Argentina and Brazil

    The primary concern for health officials remains low vaccination uptake

    Health authorities across South America are on high alert following the confirmed detection of the Influenza A (H3N2) “K subclade” in Argentina and Brazil. The variant, which has already triggered emergency protocols in Chile and Bolivia, is characterized by genetic mutations that may increase transmissibility, though experts emphasize it does not currently appear to be more lethal than standard flu strains.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula issues ultimatum as Meloni and Macron stall EU-Mercosur FTA

    Brazil will no longer move a finger as long as Lula is president if the FTA is not signed by Saturday

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva issued a sharp ultimatum to European leaders on Wednesday, declaring that if the long-awaited EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is not signed this Saturday, he will abandon negotiations for the remainder of his presidency.

  • Thursday, December 18th 2025 - 10:30 UTC

    Brazil: Senate passes bill slashing sentences for Jan 8 convicts

    Former President Bolsonaro could be eligible for parole or house arrest way sooner

    In a decisive 48-25 vote on Wednesday, the Brazilian Senate approved the controversial “Dosimetry Bill” (PL 2162/2023), a measure that drastically reduces prison sentences for those convicted in the January 8, 2023, riots and the alleged coup plot.

  • Wednesday, December 17th 2025 - 14:06 UTC

    No end in sight for São Paulo's water crisis

    If reservoir levels do not stabilize by January, the system will enter the “most critical forecast”

    São Paulo, Latin America's most populous metropolitan area, is facing a historic hydrological crisis as three consecutive years of drought have pushed critical reservoirs to near-depletion. With the Jaguari-Jacareí dam —the primary source for nine million residents— dropping below 18% capacity, authorities have escalated contingency measures to prevent a total system failure.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:18 UTC

    Bolivian Supreme Court CJ mugged while on vacation in Brazil

    “Crime has no borders,” Saucedo insisted

    Bolivia's Supreme Court (TSJ) Chief Justice Romer Saucedo and his family were robbed on Dec. 6 while vacationing in Guarujá, on the coast of São Paulo, Brazil, it was reported this weekend in La Paz.

  • Monday, December 15th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

    Surgery recommended for Bolsonaro after ultrasound

    Bolsonaro's lawyers will seek clearance to have the former President transferred to a hospital for the procedures

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been recommended for surgery after an ultrasound conducted on Sunday confirmed he was suffering from two inguinal hernias, his defense team announced.

  • Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

    Alckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA

    The world will need to replace aviation kerosene with Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), Alckmin also reckoned

    Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

  • Friday, December 12th 2025 - 22:26 UTC

    De Moraes and wife exit Magnitsky Act list

    De Moraes had been sanctioned for allegedly violating freedom of expression and authorizing arbitrary arrests

    Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his wife -lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes- have been removed from the list of individuals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, it was announced in Washington on Friday. In addition, the Lex Institute, linked to the judge's family, and its members were also suppressed from the infamous roll carried by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Department of the Treasury.