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Montevideo, January 14th 2026 - 08:36 UTC

Brazil

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 12:59 UTC

    Macaé Evaristo chosen to replace Brazil's disgraced human rights minister

    Evaristo has been a teacher since the age of 19. She has a college degree in social work, plus a master's and a PhD in education

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva announced on Monday evening that he had chosen social worker and teacher Macaé Evaristo as the country's new human rights minister following the dismissal of Silvio Almeida, who was accused of sexual harassment.

  • Tuesday, September 10th 2024 - 08:41 UTC

    Virtual schooling adopted in Paraguayan areas hit by wildfires

    A Brazilian team was deployed to keep the flames from reaching the Pantanal, a geographic region comprising stretching across Brazil, Bolivia, and Paraguay

    Paraguayan education authorities decided on Monday to cancel on-site classes in areas affected by heavy smoke and switch to virtual schooling in areas hit by forest fires such as Alto Paraguay and Boquerón.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 10:12 UTC

    De Moraes shows up beside Lula while masses rally in Sao Paulo demanding his impeachment

    Scores of Bolsonarist fans also praised X owner Elon Musk for defending freedom of speech from De Moraes

    President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Saturday celebrated Brazil's Independence Day during a ritualistic military parade alongside controversial Supreme Federal Court (STF) Justice Alexandre De Moraes and other high-ranking government officials while supporters of former head of state Jair Bolsonaro staged a mass rally on Paulista Avenue in Sao Paulo in defense of free speech and demanding the magistrate's impeachment for banning X nationwide.

  • Monday, September 9th 2024 - 08:12 UTC

    Chavista groups withdraw from Argentine Embassy adjacencies

    Brazil remains for now guarding Argentina's Embassy in Caracas

    Venezuelan pro-government militias were reported to have stopped stalking the premises of what used to be Argentina's Embassy in Caracas after former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia arrived in Spain as an asylum seeker.

  • Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:35 UTC

    Problem with anti-icing system detected in Voepass crash probe

    There is no single factor for an accident, chief investigator Mendes Fróes explained

    According to audio recordings preserved in the so-called “black box,” the co-pilot of the doomed Voepass flight 2283 spoke of “a lot of ice” before tragedy ensued, according to a preliminary report released Friday by Brazil's Center for Investigation and Prevention of Aeronautical Accidents (Cenipa), Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 10:09 UTC

    Brazilian Bossa Nova legend Sergio Mendes dies aged 83

    Mendes had been living in the United States since 1964 after the coup d'état in Brazil

    Brazilian musician Sérgio Mendes, who once won a Grammy Award, succumbed Thursday in the city of Los Angeles to the effects of prolonged Covid-19, according to The Associated Press. He had been facing respiratory problems for months, O Globo reported. The pianist, composer, vocalist, and arranger was 83. He had moved to the United States in 1964 after the military coup d'état.

  • Saturday, September 7th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Lula sacks Human Rights Minister accused of sexual misconduct

    Almeida will be replaced on an interim basis by Public Services Minister Esther Dweck

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Friday sacked Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida, who was accused of sexual harassment against several women. The PT leader said that no official would remain active in his administration under those circumstances, given the “seriousness of the accusations.”

  • Friday, September 6th 2024 - 10:18 UTC

    Increasing number of Covid-19 cases reported in Brazil

    Cases of respiratory virus account for over half the casualties under epidemiological study, Fiocruz's bulletin found

    A health report issued Thursday by the Rio de Janeiro-based Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (Fiocruz) noted that the number of Covid-19 infections in South America's largest country was on the rise, Agencia Brasil reported.

  • Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 09:59 UTC

    Brazilian police and IDB sign cooperation agreement

    Rodrigues highlighted the importance of cooperation among police forces in the Americas

    Brazil's Federal Police Director General Andrei Rodrigues and the Inter-American Development Bank's (IDB) representative in South America's largest country Morgan Doyle Wednesday signed a memorandum of understanding to join forces in the fight against organized crime as well as actions against the environment in the Amazon Basin. The ceremony took place during the XIV Ordinary Ameripol Summit in Foz do Iguaçu, bordering Paraguay and Argentina.

  • Thursday, September 5th 2024 - 08:05 UTC

    Brazil posts GDP growth above expectations in 2Q of 2024

    The IBGE also reported a 1.4% increase in exports of goods and services in the second quarter of 2024

    According to a report from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) released this week, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in South America's largest country grew 1.4% in the second quarter of 2024 from the year's first trimester, far exceeding expectations, Agencia Brasil reported. The country’s total wealth amounts to R$ 2.9 trillion (nearly US$ 514 billion). The GDP represents the sum of all wealth produced in the country.