Brazil

• Saturday, December 13th 2025 - 09:31 UTC

  Alckmin says France wants to delay EU-Mercosur FTA

  

  Brazil's Vice President and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade, and Services, Geraldo Alckmin, stated on Friday that France was attempting to delay the signing of the long-negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and the Southern Common Market (Mercosur).

• Friday, December 12th 2025 - 22:26 UTC

  De Moraes and wife exit Magnitsky Act list

  

  Brazilian Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and his wife -lawyer Viviane Barci de Moraes- have been removed from the list of individuals sanctioned under the Magnitsky Act, it was announced in Washington on Friday. In addition, the Lex Institute, linked to the judge's family, and its members were also suppressed from the infamous roll carried by the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) under the US Department of the Treasury.

• Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:05 UTC

  Massive police deployment targets Comando Vermelho leaders in Rio favela

  

  Around 1,000 police officers from the Military and Civil Police forces of Rio de Janeiro were deployed on Thursday in the Complejo do Salgueiro favelas in São Gonçalo to chase leaders of the Comando Vermelho (CV), one of Brazil's largest and most influential criminal organizations.

• Friday, December 12th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Severe storms cause havoc in São Paulo

  

  Millions were left without power, and air traffic around the airports of Congonhas and Guarulhos became chaotic after a massive blackout hit São Paulo for more than 24 hours following a severe extratropical cyclone that swept through the metropolitan area.

• Thursday, December 11th 2025 - 10:00 UTC

  Brazil: Selic rate kept at 15% for the fourth consecutive time

  

  The Monetary Policy Committee (Copom) of Brazil's Central Bank (BCB) unanimously decided on Wednesday to keep the economy's base interest rate known as Selic at 15% per annum, in accordiance with market expectations, given the current declining inflation and economic slowdown.

• Tuesday, December 9th 2025 - 21:58 UTC

  Southern Brazil hit by extratropical cyclone

  

  Heavy rainfall triggered by an extratropical cyclone battering Southern Brazil caused widespread flooding on Tuesday, turning streets into rivers and hillsides into waterfalls across Florianópolis, São José, Palhoça, and Biguaçu.

• Monday, December 8th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Poll shows Lula would easily beat Bolsonaro's son in runoff

  

  A Datafolha poll released this weekend showed that incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva would beat Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, -a son of the incarcerated former President Jair Bolsonaro- by at least 15 percentage points in a potential runoff: 51% to 36%.

• Saturday, December 6th 2025 - 10:01 UTC

  Brazil's economy grows 0.1% in Q3 of 2025

  

  Brazil's economy expanded by 0.1% in the third quarter of 2025 compared with the previous quarter. Year-on-year, Brazil's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) —the measure of the total value of goods and services produced in the country—rose by 1.8%. Over the past four quarters, GDP registered cumulative growth of 2.7%, according to a Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) report released this week.

• 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.