Brazil

• 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.

• Wednesday, November 26th 2025 - 05:40 UTC

  Brazil's Lula granted honorary PhD in Mozambique

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was awarded an honorary PhD in political science, development, and international cooperation from the Pedagogical University of Maputo (PUM) this week. Lula is visiting the country after participating in the G20 Summit in Johannesburg (South Africa). The South American nation and Mozambique are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations.

• Tuesday, November 25th 2025 - 18:54 UTC

  Lula troubled by interpreter's poor work at G20 Summit

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was deeply troubled on the closing day of the G20 Summit in Johannesburg (South Africa) by an interpreter's unprofessional behavior. “Only [First Lady] Janja [da Silva] may whisper in my ear!” he stressed.