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Montevideo, March 18th 2026 - 02:05 UTC

Brazil

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 21:32 UTC

    Lula on Venezuela: Maduro's Government is “disgusting” and has “an authoritarian tendency”

    Lula expressed doubts about the validity of the recent presidential elections in Venezuela

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has voiced strong concerns about the political situation in Venezuela, describing the current regime under Nicolás Maduro as “very unpleasant, with an authoritarian tendency.” However, Lula stopped short of labeling it a “dictatorship,” underscoring the need for transparency in the electoral process.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Maduro disagrees with Lula's idea of repeating elections

    Venezuela's sovereignty must be respected, Maduro insisted

    Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Thursday rejected his Brazilian colleague Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's suggestion that fresh elections could be held as a way out of the current crisis stemming from the July 28 polls when the National Electoral Council (CNE) announced his victory but the opposition cried “fraud” since no documents were produced to back up that result.

  • Friday, August 16th 2024 - 09:57 UTC

    Buenos Aires Governor meets with Brazilian President

    “Lula plays a very significant role, both regionally and internationally within the BRICS,” Kicillof explained

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who has never spoken face to face with his Argentine colleague Javier Milei despite crossing paths at one or two multinational events, welcomed this week Buenos Aires Governor Axel Kicillof at the Planalto Palace to discuss cooperation and investment opportunities.

  • Thursday, August 15th 2024 - 19:57 UTC

    Lula suggests new elections for Venezuela; Machado opposes

    Maduro knows he owes an explanation to society and to the world, Lula said

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday suggested Venezuela should hold fresh elections to solve the controversy stemming from the July 28 polls the National Electoral Council (CNE) said were won by incumbent President Nicolás Maduro without showing any evidence, while the opposition maintains Edmundo González Urrutia triumphed by a landslide.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 10:23 UTC

    Scammers pose as relatives of Voepass victims to ask for money

    Paulo Sérgio de Oliveira e Costa met Monday with relatives of the victims of the crash

    São Paulo's Attorney General (MPSP) Monday took down 12 fake social media profiles claiming to be relatives of victims of the doomed Voepass flight to ask for monetary assistance, Agencia Brasil reported. The scammers used photos of the victims in the process, it was also explained. The maneuver was detected with assistance from the MPSP's virtual crimes CyberGaeco unit.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 07:44 UTC

    Delfim Netto: architect of modern Brazilian economy has died

    Economy minister from 1967 to 1974, under his helm the Brazilian economy expanded at an average annual rate of 10%, still the fastest on record.

    Antonio Delfim Netto, a former Brazilian finance, agriculture and planning minister, plus advisor of several presidents, both under military and elected regimes, considered one of the architects of the transformation of the country's economy has died in Sao Paulo.

  • Tuesday, August 13th 2024 - 07:39 UTC

    July consumer prices up in Brazil; central bank ready to raise interest rates to fight inflation

    Inflation in 12 months through July was 4,50%, up from 4.23% in June, according to IBGE, and the upper limit of the tolerance band for the central bank's target

    Prices in Brazil were up 0.38% in July, stats office IBGE said on Friday, accelerating from the 0.21% increase reported in June and exceeding an economists' poll forecast of a 0.35% monthly rise.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:55 UTC

    Passenger misses doomed Voepass flight for drinking coffee

    “He was doing his job and he saved my life,” the survivor told a local TV crew )TV snapshot)

    Passenger Adriano Assis got delayed drinking coffee and missed the boarding call for the Voepass Linhas Aereas flight that plunged to the ground some 89 kilometers from its final destination at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos International Airport. Hence, the total number of casualties was corrected to 61 (57 passengers and 4 crew members) instead of 62.

  • Saturday, August 10th 2024 - 10:22 UTC

    Elderly woman given 17 year jail sentence in Brasilia's Jan. 8 riot trial

    The defendant said she was to take down De Moraes during the uprising. He was among the ones who voted to keep her in jail for 17 years

    Maria de Fátima Mendonça Jacinto Souza, aged 67 and better known as Fátima de Tubarão, was sentenced Friday to 17 years in prison by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) for her involvement in the Jan. 8, 2023, riots at the Three Powers Square in Brasília (DF). The sentence was announced Friday after an STF virtual plenary session.

  • Friday, August 9th 2024 - 21:10 UTC

    Brazilian airliner falls with 62 people on board

    The French-built aircraft was bound for Guarulhos International Airport

    An ATR-72 twin turboprop of Voepass Linhas Aéreas crashed Friday in the Sao Paulo State residential area of Vinhedo while approaching Guarulhos International Airport. None of the total 62 people (58 passengers and four crew members) on board is believed to have survived.