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Montevideo, July 20th 2025 - 15:06 UTC

Brazil

  • Tuesday, April 1st 2025 - 10:50 UTC

    Bolsonaro's Brazil spied on Paraguay on joint Itaipú plant

    Paraguay's diplomacy is not based on media reports, Ramírez Lezcano highlighted

    Paraguay has launched investigations into an alleged cyberattack by Brazil targeting its government systems to obtain sensitive information about the Itaipu Binacional hydroelectric power plant, Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano confirmed. He said national intelligence and the Technologies and Information Ministry (MITIC) were probing the claims, though no evidence of a breach has been found yet.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 10:35 UTC

    Formal employment up in Brazil last month

    In the quarter ending in February, the country's employed population was 102.7 million people, the IBGE survey found

    The Brazilian Government of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva recorded a positive balance of 431,995 formal jobs in February 2025, marking the highest monthly figure in the Labor Ministry's New General Register of Employed and Unemployed (New Caged) series since it began in 2020.

  • Monday, March 31st 2025 - 09:07 UTC

    Lula clinches meat export deal to Vietnam

    Hanoi is “finally going to buy Brazilian meat for the Vietnamese market,” celebrated Lula

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced this weekend that he clinched a meat export deal with Vietnam during his meeting with Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh, thus adding a new notch to bilateral trade, which last year amounted to US$ 7.7 billion with a US$ 415 million surplus for the South American country.

  • Saturday, March 29th 2025 - 08:48 UTC

    Brazil: Affirmative action reversing white predominance in positions of leadership

    White men still hold the largest share of leadership roles at 35%

    Black and indigenous representation in Brazil's Executive branch has risen to 39%, a 17-point increase over 25 years, a study titled ”Black Leadership in the Brazilian State (1995-2024)” (Lideranças Negras no Estado Brasileiro (1995–2024)” released Friday showed.

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 23:40 UTC

    Italy tightens citizenship rules to curb 'commercialization'

    The decision comes amid a surge in citizenship applications. According to Tajani, the number of Italians abroad has increased by 40% in the past decade—from 4.6 million to 6.4 million.

    Italy’s government has approved a reform to restrict automatic citizenship by descent, citing concerns over the growing number of requests—especially from Latin America—and what officials described as the “commercialization” of Italian nationality.

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 20:00 UTC

    Prosecution wants vax certificate case against Bolsonaro dropped

    There is not enough evidence that Bolsonaro ordered Cid to include false vaccination data in the Health Ministry's system, the prosecution argued

    Brazil's Attorney General Paulo Gonet requested the shelving of an investigation into former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's alleged fraud in his Covid-19 vaccination records. The prosecution concluded there was insufficient evidence to prove Bolsonaro instructed his aide, Mauro Cid, to falsify vaccination data in the Health Ministry's system, despite the former aide-de-camp claims in a plea bargain. As per Brazilian law, corroborating evidence is needed beyond a collaborator’s testimony.

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 10:02 UTC

    Measures announced to tackle racism in sports

    Ronaldo will be a part of Conmebol's task force

    Brazil's Government Thursday launched a comprehensive plan to tackle racism in sports, focusing on awareness, monitoring, and education. Key actions include creating a seal and award for anti-racist sports entities, launching educational campaigns at events, and developing a digital platform to track racial discrimination data. The initiative, supported by Ministers Anielle Franco (Racial Equality) and André Fufuca (Sports), emphasizes collaboration with sports justice, media, and government programs to promote equality and inclusion.

  • Friday, March 28th 2025 - 09:53 UTC

    Petrobras workers complete 24-hour strike

    No further stoppages are planned unless the company fails to negotiate with workers, union leader Sinésio Pontes explained

    Petrobras workers across Brazil completed Thursday a 24-hour strike in demand of greater union involvement in company negotiations, preserving teleworking conditions, and addressing cuts to Profit Sharing (PLR). The measure was encouraged by Brazil's Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers' Union (Sindipetro PE/PB).

  • Thursday, March 27th 2025 - 10:07 UTC

    Brazil clinches sale of 20 Embraer jets to Japan

    “This will generate jobs and income. It will stimulate the economy,” Costa Filho stressed

    During President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's visit to Japan, Embraer finalized the sale of 20 jets to All Nippon Airways (ANA), earning around R$10 billion (US$ 1.74 billion).

  • Wednesday, March 26th 2025 - 23:32 UTC

    Brazil's STF votes to proceed with coup charges against Bolsonaro and others

    “We had a very violent coup attempt,” De Moraes stressed

    The First Panel (Turma) of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Wednesday voted unanimously in favor of moving on the the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants in connection with the Jan. 8, 2023, riots, which -the prosecution argues- constituted an attempted coup d'état following defeat in the 2022 elections.