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Montevideo, December 4th 2025 - 23:44 UTC

Brazil

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 18:50 UTC

    Religious intolerance on the rise in Brazil

    Mãe Gilda became a symbol for the religions of an African matrix after her home in Salvador was attacked

    According to the “II Report on Religious Intolerance: Brazil, Latin America and the Caribbean,” a publication by the Center for Articulation of Marginalized Populations and the Observatory for Religious Freedoms, with support from the Representation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco) in Brazil, an increase in cases of religious intolerance has been detected in the country, Agencia Brasil reported. The survey was conducted as part of the Jan. 21 National Day Against Religious Intolerance.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:57 UTC

    Lula da Silva overshadowing Mercosur diplomacy and trade agreements

    “If negotiations take place outside the Common External Tariff, they will destroy the common tariff, and destroying the tariff and Mercosur is in nobody's interest”

    A free trade agreement between Uruguay and China would destroy Mercosur since it contradicts the block's integration policies, according to Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said in a Sunday interview with Folha de Sao Paulo, a leading daily of the country's financial capital.

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 09:47 UTC

    Brazil: Health emergency declared in Yanomami territory

    PT lawmakers want to hold Bolsonaro accountable for the malnutrition of the Yanomami people

    Brazilian authorities declared a public health emergency in the territories where the native Yanomami community resides in Roraima and set up the Center of Operations for Emergencies in Public Health (COE - Yanomami) reporting directly to the Indigenous Health Department (SESAI).

  • Monday, January 23rd 2023 - 08:18 UTC

    Lula lands in BA to sign bilateral deals and attend Celac Summit

    Lula was welcomed by Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva landed Sunday shortly after 9 pm Buenos Aires' Aeroparque Jorge Newbery to hold a series of state meetings with local authorities on Monday and attend the VII summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) on Tuesday.

  • Sunday, January 22nd 2023 - 10:50 UTC

    Lula sacks Army chief over reluctance to sanction Bolsonarist officers

    General Tomás Miguel Ribeiro Paiva will become the new Army Chief of Staff

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva Saturday dismissed Army Chief-of-Staff General Julio César de Arruda over his alleged reluctance to apply disciplinary measures against officers loyal to Jair Bolsonaro who were involved by action or omission in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia.

  • Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 11:47 UTC

    Lula's trip to Argentina to include Antarctica deal

    Under Lula, Brazil is returning to the regional forum it left during the Bolsonaro years

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva's trip to Argentina next week will include the signing of a treaty for scientific and logistical cooperation between the two countries' Antarctic stations, Agencia Brasil reported. A gas pipeline will also be on the agenda with President Alberto Fernández.

  • Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:18 UTC

    Brazilian 2022 agribusiness exports totaled US$ 160bn, up 32% from previous year

    The price index of products exported by agribusiness increased 22.1% compared to 2021, and the volume shipped grew by 8.1%.

    Brazilian agribusiness exports totaled almost US$ 160 billion in 2022, up 32% over the previous year, influenced by the performance of international prices, according to the Secretariat of Trade and International Relations (SCRI) from the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock

  • Saturday, January 21st 2023 - 10:10 UTC

    US/Brazil bilateral trade reaches a new record, US$ 88,7 billion

    The growth of exports from Brazil to the world was 19.3%, while to the United States, it was 20.2%.

    Trade between Brazil and the United States in 2022 reached a historic level of US$ 88.7 billion. An original analysis of Amcham’s “Brazil-US Trade Monitor”, release by Canal Rural, indicates that the value surpassed the previous record set in 2021 by US$18.2 billion (25.8%).

  • Friday, January 20th 2023 - 18:37 UTC

    Former Brazilian First Lady regarded as possible presidential contender

    Michelle has a good image but Bolsonaro's sons Eduardo and Flávio have political ambitions of their own

    Brazilian rightwing politicians are focusing on former First Lady Michelle Bolsonaro to pick up the baton should her husband be disenfranchised and therefore become ineligible to run in future elections.

  • Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:13 UTC

    Lula announces German Chancellor due in Brazil this month

    Lula and Scholz are also expected to discuss bilateral trade and the growth of the extreme right

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva said Thursday in an interview with GloboNews that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz should arrive in Brasilia on Jan. 30 together with members of the European country's cabinet and a group of executives representing large German companies, Agencia Brasil reported.