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Brazil

  • Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 11:29 UTC

    Petrobras' output reaches 3.14 million barrels a day in 3Q of 2025

    FPSOs accounted largely for these new results

    Brazil’s state-run oil company Petrobras achieved an average production of oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas of 3.14 million barrels of oil equivalent per day in the third quarter of 2025, or 7.6% more than in the second quarter of this year and 16.9% higher than in the third quarter of 2024.

  • Wednesday, October 29th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

    Brazil adheres to United Nations Convention on Cybercrime

    The document was signed in Vietnam during Lula's Southeast tour

    Brazil has joined the United Nations Convention on Cybercrime, which establishes the basis for international cooperation against digital crime. Signing on behalf of the South American country was Federal Police Director General Andrei Rodrigues in Hanoi, Vietnam, during President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's Southeast Asia tour.

  • Tuesday, October 28th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

    Law Enforcement deployment in Rio favelas results in at least 64 killed

    Governor Castro admitted that the number of casualties and detainees could rise

    A massive police operation targeting the Comando Vermelho (CV) drug gang in the densely populated Penha and Alemão favela complexes on Tuesday has resulted in at least 64 deaths, making it the deadliest police action in Rio de Janeiro's history.

  • Tuesday, October 28th 2025 - 09:42 UTC

    Bolsonaro appeals conviction, cites STF “abuses”

    Bolsonaro has been under house arrest since August

    The defense team for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro filed an appeal with the Federal Supreme Court (STF) on Monday against his 27-year, three-month prison sentence for attempting a coup d'état after losing the 2022 elections.

  • Tuesday, October 28th 2025 - 08:00 UTC

    Lula becomes Brazil's first octogenarian president

    Lula said he has 40 more years to live

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday became Brazil's first octogenarian sitting president. Born on October 27, 1945, in Garanhuns (PE), Lula is going through his third presidential term, after serving consecutive mandates between 2003 and 2011.

  • Monday, October 27th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Lula and Trump make progress in Malaysian gathering

    Lula, who is turning 80 on Monday, stressed that “I have never felt so alive and so eager to live”

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Donald Trump of the United States met this weekend in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit. Both leaders agreed to lower economic tensions between their two countries. In addition, Lula volunteered to mediate with Venezuelan ruler Nicolás Maduro.

  • Monday, October 27th 2025 - 10:52 UTC

    Bolsonaro supporters claim Lula was “upset” after meeting with Trump

    Eduardo Bolsonaro criticized Lula for discussing Venezuela with Trump and not his father's imprisonment

    Allies of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro claimed on X that President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (PT) felt uncomfortable when US President Donald Trump addressed the matter of the incarcerated previous head of State, whom the Republican leader said he was very fond of. Lula and Trump met in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to address the tariff crisis and other bilateral issues.

  • Thursday, October 23rd 2025 - 19:49 UTC

    Brazil and Indonesia highlight growing strategic partnership

    Lula and Subianto share a common view on many issues

    Presidents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Prabowo Subianto of Indonesia released a joint communiqué on Thursday in Jakarta, describing the progress of the strategic partnership between the two countries. The document also addresses cooperation at both the regional and multilateral levels.

  • Wednesday, October 22nd 2025 - 00:21 UTC

    Nin Nova takes office as Uruguay's Ambassador to Brazil

    Nin Novoa has served as Foreign Minister between 2015 and 2020 under Tabaré Vázquez

    Former Uruguayan Vice President and Foreign Minister Rodolfo Nin Novoa officially presented his credentials as Montevideo's new Ambassador to Brazil, the Itamaraty Palace announced on Tuesday.

  • Tuesday, October 21st 2025 - 21:01 UTC

    Lula leaving on Asian tour - meeting with Trump possible

    Lula is due back in Brazil on Oct. 28

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was headed for Indonesia and Malaysia to participate in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and the East Asia Summit (EAS).