Brazil

• Friday, September 15th 2023 - 10:27 UTC

  Three Jan. 8 rioters given prison sentences by Brazil's STF

  

  Brazil's Supreme Federal Court (STF) Thursday handed down prison sentences to three defendants involved in the Jan. 8 riots in Brasilia during which the headquarters of the country's three branches of government were ransacked, Agencia Brasil reported

• Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 12:00 UTC

  Lula puts a deadline for the Mercosur/EU trade agreement: second half of 2023

  

  Brazil wants to finally sign the pending trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union, however, the deal must take place on “equal terms” and negotiations will be halted if they don't progress this semester. The statement was from President Lula da Silva at the end of the G20 summit in India.

• Thursday, September 14th 2023 - 11:54 UTC

  As with soybeans and corn, Brazil ready to unseat US as world's top cotton exporter

  

  As with other crops, Brazil is close to unseating the US to become the world’s biggest cotton exporter as Texas, America’s top-producing region, buckles under searing heat and drought.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Venezuelan opposition leader Machado asks Brazil for help

  

  Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado Tuesday asked the Brazilian Senate's Public Security Committee through a video appearance to help the Caribbean country hold fair primary elections. Machado also denounced the attacks by Nicolás Maduro's regime and insisted she intended to run despite her disenfranchisement.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:18 UTC

  Bolsonaro undergoes 3 surgical procedures successfully

  

  Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro successfully underwent surgery at the Vila Nova Star Hospital Tuesday to treat the sequelae in his digestive and respiratory systems from the stabbing he suffered during the 2018 campaign, it was reported in Sao Paulo.

• Wednesday, September 13th 2023 - 10:12 UTC

  Lula announces funding for Rio Grande do Sul relief

  

  President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced Tuesday that Brazil's federal government would grant R$ 1 billion (around US$ 202 million) in loans through the National Bank for Economic and Social Development (BNDES) to help recover the economy of Rio Grande do Sul, Agencia Brasil reported.

• Tuesday, September 12th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Brazilian indigenous women staging 3-day march for equal rights

  

  Brazilian indigenous women convened in the capital of South America's largest country to march for equal rights and demand a land demarcation together with the end of illegal mining, Agencia Brasil reported Monday.

• Monday, September 11th 2023 - 10:30 UTC

  Lula receives G20 rotating presidency as New Delhi Summit ends

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday assumed in New Delhi the rotating presidency of the G20 from Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, although his term will begin officially on Dec. 1.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:55 UTC

  Paraguay to seek Mercosur arbitration on Paraná Waterway toll collection by Argentina

  

  The Government of Paraguay announced Friday that it will be seeking an international arbitrage within the South American Common Market (Mercosur) to settle the dispute with Argentina over the charging of tolls to barges sailing through the Paraná River Waterway.

• Saturday, September 9th 2023 - 10:36 UTC

  Brazil's TCU says Bolsonaro kept pricy gifts for himself

  

  Brazil's Federal Court of Auditors (TCU) Friday said former President Jair Bolsonaro kept for himself some 17 gifts of “high commercial value” which should have been handed over to the country's coffers. The TCU also underlined that among the more than 9,000 presents received by the former head of state, 128 of them were not of a “personal” nature and belong in the public collection.