Brazil

• Wednesday, March 5th 2025 - 09:00 UTC

  Russian model Irina Shayk keeps heads turning at Rio's Carnival

  

  Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is an annual event for many. But for 39-year-old Russian model Irina Shayk, it was her first. She made a stunning debut on Monday, dressed in a spectacular rhinestone costume, as the guest of honor for the samba school Beija-Flor de Nilópolis, one of the most awarded schools in town.

• Tuesday, March 4th 2025 - 10:50 UTC

  Lula invites Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to BRICS Summit

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva invited Mexico, Colombia, and Uruguay to participate in the upcoming BRICS summit in July in Rio de Janeiro. The bloc, which includes Brazil, China, and India, represents 40% of the world's population. The summit will focus on reducing dependence on the US dollar and promoting local currencies in transactions.

• Monday, March 3rd 2025 - 19:20 UTC

  Brazilian production wins Oscar for Best Picture in Foreign Language

  

  Brazilians celebrated it as if it was another football title when Walter Salles' “Ainda Estou Aqui” (“I'm Still Here”) won the Oscar for Best Film in a Foreign Language. It was the first time a production from the South American country received such an accolade. The movie tells the story of a family during Brazil's military dictatorship (1964-1985).

• Friday, February 28th 2025 - 10:06 UTC

  Brazil: Respiratory complications feared to mount during Carnival gatherings

  

  According to the latest issue of the Infogripe bulletin from the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz), large crowds during the upcoming Carnival festivities may lead to increased transmission of respiratory viruses.

• Thursday, February 27th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

  Petrobras' 2024 profits below those attained the year before

  

  Brazil's State-owned oil company Petrobras activities yielded R$36.6 billion (US$7.5 billion) in profits last year, according to a report released Wednesday in Brasilia. However, these figures are below 2023's performance, when the company recorded a net profit of R$124.6 billion (US$24.9 billion), the exchange rate variation in debts between Petrobras and its subsidiaries abroad playing a key role in these results.

• Wednesday, February 26th 2025 - 09:37 UTC

  Export of live animals do not violate Brazilian law, federal court ruling

  

  A Brazilian Federal Court has ruled that the export of live animals for slaughter does not violate Brazilian law. The unanimous decision of the Federal Court overturned a lower court ruling that had suspended the activity at all Brazilian ports.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 15:20 UTC

  Petrobras orders four homebuilt tankers

  

  Brazil's State-run oil company Petrobras and its subsidiary Transpetro Monday signed a contract for the building of four Handy-class tankers, each costing US$ 69.5 million, with a total investment of US$ 278 million. The new ships will become a part of Petrobras' Fleet Renewal and Expansion Program. The ceremony in Rio Grande do Sul was attended by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin, and other officials.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Fossil fuels will finance Brazil's energy transformation, Lula says

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pointed out that his country would rely on fossil fuels to finance the transition to clean energy. He made those remarks during a contract signing ceremony with Transpetro and oil companies Rio Grande and Mac Laren.

• Tuesday, February 25th 2025 - 09:15 UTC

  STF extends domestic violence protection to same-sex couples and trans women

  

  In a virtual plenary decision last week, Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) ruled in favor of extending the protection against domestic violence provided for in the so-called Maria da Penha Law to same-sex couples and trans women, thus acquiescing to a request from the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families, which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.

• Monday, February 24th 2025 - 09:24 UTC

  Brazil sets new biodiversity targets for 2025-2030 term

  

  Brazil's National Biodiversity Commission (Conabio) has established new national biodiversity targets for the period 2025 to 2030 and recommended a new set of measures for the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans (NBSAP), pursuant to the Dec. 2022 Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), of which the South American country is a signatory.