Brazil

• Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:12 UTC

  Brazil: Health authorities tackling methanol poisoning outbreak

  

  Brazilian authorities are baffled by the confirmation of methanol poisoning through the consumption of alcoholic beverages, detected as of February 2.

• Friday, October 3rd 2025 - 10:08 UTC

  PAHO highlights wider effects of Brazil's robust vaccination scheme

  

  The Pan American Health Organization noted this week that Brazil's robust vaccination campaigns have yielded benefits for neighboring countries.

• Thursday, October 2nd 2025 - 10:03 UTC

  Brazilian health experts underscore benefits of Covid-19 vax for pregnant women

  

  Brazilian health experts echoed this week the findings of a study presented at the American Academy of Pediatrics Congress. Led by researcher Nikan Zargarzadeh of Harvard University and Boston Children's Hospital in the United States, the study analyzed more than 200 primary studies between 2021 and 2023, gathering data from approximately 1.2 million pregnant women.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 22:35 UTC

  Vieira: Bolsonaro's conviction not open for discussion with Trump

  

  Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said Wednesday during a hearing before the Lower House's Foreign Affairs Committee that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's openness to trade negotiations with his US counterpart Donald Trump was not to be taken for a prelude to a pardon for the convicted Jair Bolsonaro.

• Wednesday, October 1st 2025 - 10:01 UTC

  Air France, Airbus back on trial for doomed Rio-Paris flight

  

  Air France and aircraft manufacturer Airbus are back in court to face an appeal against their 2023 acquittal on charges of corporate manslaughter related to the 2009 crash of flight AF447 from Rio de Janeiro to Paris, which killed all 228 people on board.

• Tuesday, September 30th 2025 - 09:30 UTC

  Almost half of Brazil's GDP stems from foreign investments

  

  According to a recent report released by Brazil's Central Bank (BCB), 46.6% of South America's largest country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) last year stemmed from foreign investments.

• Monday, September 29th 2025 - 22:09 UTC

  Fachin becomes Brazilian STF's new Chief Justice

  

  Edson Fachin became the Brazilian Supreme Federal Court's (STF) new Chief Justice for the next two years on Monday during a ceremony at the main Courthouse Building in Brasilia. Alexandre De Moraes was sworn in as Deputy Chief Justice. Fachin will also serve as head of the National Council of Justice (CNJ) until 2027.

• Monday, September 29th 2025 - 10:45 UTC

  Banning cell phones in Brazilian classrooms yields positive results

  

  A survey conducted by the Joint Parliamentary Front for Education, in partnership with Equidade.info, an initiative of the Lemann Center at Stanford Graduate School of Education, showed that 88% of students said they paid more attention in class. In high school alone, this progress was admitted by 70% of interviewees.

• Saturday, September 27th 2025 - 10:49 UTC

  Mayors of São Paulo and Buenos Aires discuss key economic axis

  

  The mayors of South America's two largest cities, São Paulo and Buenos Aires, gathered in the Brazilian metropolis to discuss strengthening cooperation and promoting investments, with a focus on establishing an axis as the primary hub of urban competitiveness and economic development in the region.

• Friday, September 26th 2025 - 09:57 UTC

  Toyota halts car production in Brazil due to damaged plant

  

  A Brazilian plant belonging to Japanese car manufacturer Toyota halted all production after the facility was destroyed by heavy rains hitting São Paulo.