Brazil

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

  Brazil donating 20 Urutus armored vehicles to Paraguay

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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 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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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

  

  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.

• Wednesday, August 13th 2025 - 10:43 UTC

  Explosion in southern Brazil leaves 9 dead

  

  At least nine people were reported dead Tuesday after an explosion at the Enaex Brasil explosives factory in Quatro Barras, a municipality in the southern State of Paraná, near Curitiba. In addition, seven people were injured.

• Tuesday, August 12th 2025 - 10:09 UTC

  Brazil: Another investigation against Bolsonaro launched

  

  Brazilian prosecutors opened yet another investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro - already under house arrest and on trial for various cases - for his alleged involvement in sending a message associating President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva with human rights violations perpetrated by the Assad regime in Syria