Brazil Supreme Court justice suspends bill that ordered early release of ex-president Bolsonaro
- 10-May-2026
SAO PAULO: Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes prohibited the implementation of a sharp reduction in the 27-year prison sentence of former President Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup after losing the 2022 election, a court document showed on Saturday. Two Brazilian political parties and the press association ABI this week separately challenged the […]
Farmer aims to fetch near $20,000 per bag of rare coffee
- 26-Mar-2026
A fourth-generation coffee farmer said he is ramping up sales from the only Brazilian plantation of rare eugenioides coffee, aiming to fetch as much as 50 times the price of the arabica beans found in most gourmet brews. Luiz Paulo Dias Pereira Filho said he expects his harvest of eugenioides, an ancestor of the arabica […]
Brazil unveils first supersonic fighter jet assembled in country
- 25-Mar-2026
Brazil became the first Latin American nation to build a supersonic fighter jet on Wednesday when it unveiled the first Gripen plane assembled in the country. Brazil first signed the contract for Saab’s Gripen in 2014, choosing it over Boeing’s F-18 Super Hornet and the Rafale, made by France’s Dassault, to replace its aging fleet […]
Kleber Mendonça Filho on Brazil’s cool factor
- 15-Mar-2026
Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho can’t quite pinpoint what turned his fourth feature film, “The Secret Agent,” into a global hit — but he suspects it has something to do with Brazil’s growing cool factor. The film, a Portuguese-language political thriller about an academic on the run in the seaside city of Recife during Brazil’s […]
Brazil to bid for 2029 Club World Cup as Lula meets Infantino
- 27-Jan-2026
Brazil intends to bid for the 2029 Club World Cup, Brazilian Football Confederation head Samir Xaud confirmed on Monday following a meeting between the country’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and FIFA chief Gianni Infantino. The announcement was made after a high-level gathering at the Planalto Palace in Brasília, which included Sports Minister Andre […]
Lightning strike injures 89 at rally for Brazil’s former president
- 26-Jan-2026
BRASILIA, Brazil: Lightning struck near a rally of supporters of Brazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro in Brasilia on Sunday, injuring 89 people, according to the fire department. Thousands gathered in the rain in the Brazilian capital to support Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison last year for leading a failed coup […]
Pique sees France as World Cup favourites, hopes US hype will last
- 18-Jan-2026
Former Spain defender Gerard Pique believes France may be the team to beat at this year’s World Cup but he is curious to see whether co-hosts the US can sustain the surge of interest around the sport once the event ends. Speaking to Reuters ahead of the tournament running from June 11 to July 19 […]
Pique’s Kings League aims for US launch, licensing amid global expansion
- 18-Jan-2026
The Gerard Pique-founded Kings League is planning a US. launch in 2026 but its fast expansion will not stop there as it expects to enter more global markets and potentially licence the format, the former Spain and Barcelona player has told Reuters. The seven-a-side league created by Pique in 2022 blends soccer with video-game features […]
Trade with Iran makes Brazil a target for more US tariffs, data shows
- 13-Jan-2026
Brazil ran a $2.9 billion trade surplus with Iran last year, government data shows, making the South American nation a potential candidate for new U.S. tariffs. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday any country that does business with Iran will face a tariff rate of 25% on any trade with the U.S., as Washington […]
Brazil’s deadliest police raid turned into a bloodbath
- 20-Dec-2025
Just after midnight on October 28, a group of police officers were startled by roughly 20 armed men on motorcycles fleeing the Alemão favela, one of the headquarters of Rio de Janeiro’s, most notorious gangs. A shootout broke out. Two of the men were hit and fell. As they lay dying from their wounds, they […]