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Brazilian politics

  • Tuesday, 1 April, 2025
    The Big Read
    The risky trial of Jair Bolsonaro

    Brazilian authorities want justice over an alleged coup plot, but the case against the former president risks boosting his popularity — and dividing the country

    Montage of images of Jair Bolsonaro, Alexandre de Moraes and a protester’s sign reading ‘Sem Anistia’ (no amnesty) on a green background with yellow stars
  • Wednesday, 26 March, 2025
    Jair Bolsonaro
    Brazil’s Bolsonaro to stand trial over alleged coup plot

    Hard-right populist denies claims he sought to prevent leftwing rival Lula taking office

    Former Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro
  • Tuesday, 25 March, 2025
    InterviewJair Bolsonaro
    Brazil’s Bolsonaro calls for foreign help in overture to Trump

    Hard-right former president faces charges of plotting coup against Lula and could spend rest of life in jail

    Jair Bolsonaro
  • Sunday, 16 March, 2025
    Copper
    Vale’s relations with Brazil government improve after tensions last year, says boss

    Group’s head Pimenta highlights easing strains that should help settle investor nerves

    Three workers in hard hats and reflective safety clothing stand in front of a wall in a tunnel
  • Sunday, 9 March, 2025
    Brazil
    Son of Brazil’s indicted ex-president Bolsonaro lobbies Trump camp

    Eduardo Bolsonaro seeks support in Washington as his father faces charges of leading a coup plot

    Eduardo Bolsonaro, son of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, gestures while giving a speech during the Conservative Political Action Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina in December 2024
  • Friday, 7 March, 2025
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil to scrap import tariffs on basic foods

    Initiative aims to curb rising grocery bills eating into popularity of leftwing leader Lula

    A customer checks out the offers at the meat market in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil
  • Tuesday, 28 January, 2025
    ReviewVisual Arts
    ‘Brasil! Brasil!’ at the Royal Academy — it feels like summer in this sumptuous show

    Modernist pioneers offer an upbeat winter tonic — Burlington House hasn’t looked this eye-popping in years

  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    News in-depthBrazilian economy
    ‘Fear in the market’: Brazil’s fiscal shortfall sends currency plumbing new lows

    President faces greatest challenge in his third term as leader

    A politician holds  holds a US $1 bill with an image of Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on it in Brazil’s Congress this week
  • Sunday, 15 December, 2024
    Brazil’s left forced to consider post-Lula future

    Ageing leader’s brain surgery brings to fore the risk of a power vacuum in his party once his political career ends

    Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is carried on the shoulders through the crowd of supporters
  • Thursday, 21 November, 2024
    Brazil police call for Bolsonaro to be charged for alleged coup plot

    Former rightwing president among dozens accused of involvement in scheme to prevent Lula taking office

    Jair Bolsonaro speaking into a microphone
  • Wednesday, 13 November, 2024
    The Big Read
    Brazil’s global balancing act is trickier than ever

    President Lula has sought to maintain ties with the US, China and Russia. But even before the re-election of Donald Trump, that diplomatic space was shrinking

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and the US Capitol
  • Sunday, 27 October, 2024
    São Paulo loss caps dismal local elections for Brazil’s Lula

    Defeat of candidates backed by leftwing president at regional level weakens his own re-election prospects

    Ricardo Nunes with wife Regina and the candidate for vice-prefect, Ricardo de Mello Araujo, right, in São Paulo on Sunday
  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2024
    X Corp
    X returns to Brazil after Elon Musk complies with court orders

    Ban lifted as billionaire backs down on his refusal to remove extremist content from platform

    The social media platform X  app on a smartphone in Rio de Janeiro
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    News in-depthSpace Exploration Technologies Corp
    Elon Musk’s Starlink faces legal jeopardy in Brazil after X ban

    Billionaire’s satellite service is considered vital in remote areas but is coming under new scrutiny in Latin American country

    Montage of Elon Musk, Brazil flag, Starlink logo
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazil imposes fine on Musk’s X after service returns

    Platform says temporary restoration was ‘inadvertent’ but will keep fighting court order that banned it in the country

    Elon Musk’s X account on a mobile phone with a Brazilian flag
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Rightwing self-help guru takes São Paulo mayoral race by storm

    Baseball cap-wearing populist Pablo Marçal has become serious contender to lead western hemisphere’s biggest city

    Pablo Marçal poses for photos in  São Paulo
  • Thursday, 12 September, 2024
    Deforestation
    WTO chief urges EU to rethink deforested goods ban

    Call from Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala adds to pressure from exporters including Brazil to ‘reassess’ rules

    Coffee cherries are dumped into a truck on a farm in Minas Gerais state, Brazil
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazilians rally to protest supreme court judge’s decision to ban X

    Demonstrators say ruling by Alexandre de Moraes is unconstitutional assault on free speech

  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Elon Musk’s Starlink agrees to block X in Brazil

    Partial climbdown by billionaire follows freezing of satellite internet group’s finances over fines levied on social media site

    A user of X browses through Brazilian posts on a mobile phone
  • Tuesday, 3 September, 2024
    Brazil
    Brazilians flock to Bluesky after court bans Musk’s X

    Platform registered almost 2mn new users after Supreme Court suspended bigger rival

    The Bluesky logo is displayed on a smartphone screen held in a person's hand, with a blurred blue background.
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    X Corp
    Brazil’s X ban stokes backlash against Supreme Court

    Move to impose $8,000-a-day fine on those using the platform through VPNs triggers legal concerns

    The X account of Elon Musk is seen blocked on a mobile screen
  • Saturday, 17 August, 2024
    X Corp
    Musk’s X to shut Brazilian operation in escalating clash with country’s supreme court

    Social media platform alleges top judge threatened to arrest its legal representative

    Alexandre de Moraes
  • Sunday, 28 July, 2024
    News in-depthJair Bolsonaro
    ‘A tightening siege’: Brazil police close the net on Jair Bolsonaro

    From ‘jewel case’ to spying, former president faces multiple allegations of corruption and abuse of power

    Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro stands in front of his house before testifying to the Federal Police in Brasilia, Brazil, February 22, 2024.
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Brazil to spend record $900mn on local vote as politicians raid budget

    Sums allocated to campaign activities soar despite pressure to rein in national spending

    Demonstrators hold placards during a protest to symbolise the weakening of the Brazilian real against the dollar, in São Paulo, Brazil on July 3 2024
  • Saturday, 6 July, 2024
    Americas politics & policy
    Milei to meet Bolsonaro in Brazil amid feud with Lula

    Argentine leader to see rightwing Brazilian ex-president at conservative event as he trades barbs with leftist incumbent

    From left, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Javier Milei
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