Brazil

• Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Poll shows Lula would easily beat Bolsonaro's son in runoff

  

  A Datafolha poll released this weekend showed that incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would beat Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, -a son of the incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro- by at least 15 percentage points in a potential runoff: 51% to 36%.

• Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil's economy grows 0.1% in Q3 of 2025

  

  Brazil's economy expanded by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter. Year-on-year, Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) —the measure of the total value of goods and services produced in the country—rose by 1.8%. Over the past four quarters, GDP registered cumulative growth of 2.7%, according to a Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) report released this week.

• Thursday, December 4th 2025 - 11:20 UTC

  Argentine judge rules in favor of extraditing 5 defendants convicted in Brazil's coup d'état case

  

  Buenos Aires Federal Judge Daniel Rafecas ruled Wednesday to extradite five Brazilian nationals who were convicted for their roles in the January 8, 2023, attacks on Brazil's government headquarters.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 11:16 UTC

  Brazil clinches export clearances with Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua

  

  Brazilian authorities have completed negotiations with the Philippines, Guatemala, and Nicaragua to expand agricultural exports to these countries after reaching an understanding on sanitary and phytosanitary requirements.

• Wednesday, December 3rd 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Lula and Trump discuss organized crime and trade tariffs

  

  Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States held a 40-minute telephone conversation on Tuesday, focusing on boosting joint efforts to combat international organized crime and the further reduction of US tariffs on Brazilian goods.

• Tuesday, December 2nd 2025 - 10:42 UTC

  Bioceanic Corridor feared to be seized by traffickers

  

  Paraguayan Senator Esperanza Martínez of the leftwing Frente Guasú party has raised concerns over a scandal involving the sale of public land at the head of the Bioceanic Corridor bridge in Carmelo Peralta. The lawmaker claimed that “narcos” were seizing the territory

• Monday, December 1st 2025 - 21:30 UTC

  Brazil's Central Bank lowers inflation forecast for 2025

  

  Brazil's Broad National Consumer Price Index (IPCA) projections for this year have slipped from 4.45% to 4.43%, according to the latest issue of the weekly Focus Bulletin (FB) released by the Central Bank (BCB) on Monday. The IPCA is tantamount to the country's inflation index.

• Friday, November 28th 2025 - 10:10 UTC

  Brazil launches yet another Scorpene submarine

  

  Brazil's Navy celebrated a milestone in its naval modernization program (ProSub) this week with the ceremonial launch of the Almirante Karam (S43), the fourth Scorpene-class submarine built in the country under a strategic agreement with France.

• Thursday, November 27th 2025 - 09:28 UTC

  Brazil approves locally produced dengue vaccine

  

  Brazil's National Health Surveillance Agency (Anvisa) has approved the final administrative step before the formal registration of the single-dose dengue vaccine developed by the São Paulo-based Butantan Institute for people aged 12 to 59, which protects against all four virus serotypes.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Large parts of southern Brazil under emergency due to heavy storms

  

  The number of municipalities in the Brazilian State of Santa Catarina declaring a state of emergency due to heavy rainfall and a passing cyclone increased to eleven as of Tuesday afternoon.