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Montevideo, November 28th 2025 - 14:16 UTC

Brazil

  • Tuesday, August 19th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    Brazil: Meta ordered to remove controversial content from platforms

    The “eroticization of children” is on the rise, it was argued

    Brazil's Attorney General's Office (FGR) has formally requested that Meta - owner of social media platforms WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook - immediately remove chatbots that use childlike language and appearances to engage in sexual conversations. These chatbots, created using the “Meta AI Studio” tool, are considered a “concrete risk to the psychological integrity of children and adolescents.”

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 21:38 UTC

    Lula and Noboa discuss trade beyond ideological discrepancies

    Noboa is on a tour that will also include Uruguay and Argentina

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday welcomed his Ecuadorean colleague Daniel Noboa at the Planalto Palace for a meeting during which both leaders set aside their ideological discrepancies and focused on strengthening trade and cooperation, particularly after Washington's tariffs.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:51 UTC

    Brazil donating 20 Urutus armored vehicles to Paraguay

    The EE-11 Urutu was Brazil's main armored personnel carrier (VBTP) for decades

    Brazil is donating 20 EE-11 Urutu armored vehicles to the Paraguayan Army to help modernize its military and strengthen regional defense cooperation. The donation will increase Paraguay's fleet of Urutu vehicles from 12 to 32.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 08:30 UTC

    Bad weather expected in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina

    Residents were advised to take precautions

    Weather forecasters in southern Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina foresee stormy conditions early this week due to an extratropical cyclone expected to bring severe havoc to the region.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 07:55 UTC

    Chinese automaker GWM opens first factory in South America

    This new factory is the brand's first plant in the Southern Hemisphere and its third outside China

    Chinese automaker Great Wall Motors (GWM) officially launched its first manufacturing facility in the Americas, located in Brazil, with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva present at the ceremony. The plant is set to function as a regional export hub for Latin America.

  • Monday, August 18th 2025 - 05:24 UTC

    Record harvest of corn and soybeans in Brazil, more area sown and good weather

    The soybean crop has been estimated at 169.7 million tons, 15% higher than in 2023/24. Abundant credit and excellent climate helped to boost production

    The 2024/25 corn crop in Brazil was estimated at a record 137.0 million tons by the National Supply Company (Conab) on Thursday; an increase of about 5 million tons compared to last month’s forecast.

  • Friday, August 15th 2025 - 09:23 UTC

    Bolsonaro seeks acquittal in coup plot trial, denies evidence against him

    The former president is charged with attempting to violently abolish the democratic rule of law

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has submitted his final statement to the Supreme Court, requesting acquittal on five charges that could add up to 43 years in prison. “There is no evidence of the coup imagined by the prosecution,” his defense argued, denying any link to the alleged plan to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Justice Alexandre de Moraes.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 21:56 UTC

    Violence against children in Brazilian Amazon worse than elsewhere in the country

    According to the Health Ministry, 94 violent deaths of indigenous children and adolescents were recorded in the Legal Amazon in the 2021-2023 period

    A report released Thursday by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Brazilian Forum on Public Safety (FBSP) showed that Children and adolescents in the Legal Amazon were exposed to different types of violence with relevant particularities compared to the rest of the South American country.

  • Thursday, August 14th 2025 - 10:14 UTC

    Fachin chosen to head Brazil's STF

    Fachin was nominated to the STF by former President Dilma Rousseff

    Edson Fachin was chosen on Wednesday to serve as Chief Justice of Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) for the next two years, starting on Sept. 29. Justice Alexandre De Moraes will become Deputy Chief Justice.

  • Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 10:58 UTC

    Lula sending bill to Congress to regulate social media

    Foreign powers are unaware that 30 million people live in the Amazon, Lula noted

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that he would be sending a bill to Congress, providing for the regulation of social media. “We are going to regulate because it is necessary to establish minimum standards of behavior and procedure for the operation of a digital network,” he told Band News.