Brazil

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 18:14 UTC

  Brazil's sanitary watchdog greenlights drug to treat Alzheimer's

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has approved the use of the drug donanemabe to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease in patients with mild cognitive impairment and mild dementia. It works by targeting beta-amyloid plaques in the brain, which are associated with the malady.

• Thursday, April 24th 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Bolsonaro gets STF notification while still in ICU

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was visibly angered Wednesday when he was served a court notification in his DF Star hospital in Brasília ICU bed, where he is recovering from intestinal surgery. The document relates to criminal proceedings initiated by the Supreme Federal Court (STF) for his alleged role in a coup attempt to prevent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s inauguration after the 2022 elections.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 19:10 UTC

  Chile gives nod to pork imports from Brazilian State of Paraná

  

  Chile has officially recognized the Brazilian State of Paraná as a region free of foot-and-mouth disease without vaccination, allowing imports of pork from this area, it was announced Wednesday during President Gabriel Boric Font's visit to South America's largest country, and confirmed by Chile’s Agriculture Minister Esteban Valenzuela. Chile has also been reported to be negotiating meat imports from other Brazilian states, meeting its phytosanitary standards. In exchange, Brazil has opened its market to Chilean honey imports.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Brazil and Chile sign 13 agreements, including two key defense ones

  

  Defense Ministers Adriana Delpiano of Chile and José Mucio Monteiro of Brazil signed Tuesday two agreements: one for exchanging instructor officers between Chile’s Joint Peace Operations Training Center (Cecopac) and its Brazilian counterpart (Ccopab) to enhance peacekeeping training, and another for academic cooperation between Chile’s National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (ANEPE) and the Brazilian Defense College (ESD) to advance research and training in security and defense.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:40 UTC

  Paraguayan health authorities tackle tuberculosis, HIV and other diseases

  

  Paraguay’s Health Ministry and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) have launched a joint technical mission to strengthen the country’s response to HIV and tuberculosis, focusing on eliminating HIV, mother-to-child transmission of HIV, congenital syphilis, hepatitis B, and Chagas disease, as well as managing advanced HIV, TB, and HIV/TB co-infection.

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 10:22 UTC

  Lula and Boric highlight bilateral trade opportunities

  

  Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Gabriel Boric Font of Chile Tuesday advocated for stronger trade relations between their countries at a Business Forum in Brasília. Lula encouraged Brazilian businesspeople to import more Chilean products to balance trade and emphasized fairness in business dealings.

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Lula and Xi to meet again next month at Sino-Celac Summit

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will be travelling to China next month for the Summit between the Asian country and the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) between May 12 and 13, it was announced by the Planalto Palace. Lula's second official trip to China during his third term will follow his attendance at Russia's Victory Day celebrations on May 9, marking the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union's triumph in World War II.

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Boric lands in Brazil for 4-day State visit

  

  Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font landed at the Brasilia Air Base Monday for a four-day state visit, during which he will meet President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasilia to strengthen bilateral ties, among other engagements.

• Tuesday, April 22nd 2025 - 10:20 UTC

  At least 14 injured in Petrobras offshore platform incident

  

  At least 14 people were injured when a fire broke out on Petrobras' Platform PCH-1 (Cherne 1) in the Campos Basin, off the coast of Macaé, Rio de Janeiro. One worker was initially reported injured after falling into the sea, but the company later admitted that 13 others had also been affected. The rescued worker is stable, and the others are receiving medical care.

• Monday, April 21st 2025 - 10:31 UTC

  No discharge date yet for hospitalized Bolsonaro

  

  One week after his latest abdominal surgery, former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro remains in the ICU at DF Star Hospital in Brasilia. He is stable with controlled blood pressure and good clinical progress, but has no set discharge date.