Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Friday welcomed Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his first visit to the country, with the two meeting in the capital of Brasilia and the South American leader pushing his counterpart to buy his
Thousands of Indigenous people marched on Thursday in Brazil’s capital, calling on the government to officially recognize lands they have lived on for centuries and to protect territories from criminal activities such as illegal mining. With posters bearing messages like “The future
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police said Thursday that they arrested two fugitives who escaped a maximum-security prison in northeastern Brazil, bringing a 50-day manhunt to an end. BRAZILIAN POLICE INVESTIGATE FORMER PRESIDENT BOLSONARO’S ALLIES OVER ALLEGED ELECTION INTERFERENCE In February,
Brazil’s Federal Police have accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of criminal association and falsifying COVID-19 vaccination data. The indictment alleges Bolsonaro inserted false information into the public health database to falsely show vaccinations for himself. Brazil’s prosecutor-general’s office will decide whether to
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s economy grew 2.9% in 2023, beating expectations in the first year of the administration of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, according to the government statistics institute Friday. The number announced by IBGE impressed many economists, whose
The Brazilian state of bra in the Amazon rainforest has been hit with more than 2,000 fires in February, according to data released Thursday by the state space agency. The National Institute for Space Research, known by its Portuguese acronym INPE, said
U.S. top diplomat Antony Blinken met President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday, as the Brazilian leader was in the middle of a diplomatic spat with Israel over comments in which Lula likened that country’s war in Gaza to the Nazi
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police are investigating the former head of the nation’s intelligence agency as part of a probe into alleged spying on political opponents under former President Jair Bolsonaro, according to an officer with knowledge of the
Deforestation has surged in Brazil’s Cerrado, a vast tropical savanna region, by nearly 45% compared to 2022 levels, according to data released Friday by the government’s monitoring agency. The National Institute for Space Research reported that 3,000 square miles of vegetation had
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A crash between a minibus transporting tourists and a truck in Brazil’s northeastern Bahia state left 25 dead, the state’s firefighters corps said Monday on its official Instagram account. A TOP BRAZILIAN CRIMINAL LEADER IS ISOLATED IN