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Brazilian politics

  • 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
  • Wednesday, 19 June, 2024
    Brazil’s ruling Workers’ party seeks to gag central bank chief

    Senior PT figures file lawsuit against Roberto Campos Neto over alleged political bias

    Roberto Campos Neto
  • Thursday, 6 June, 2024
    The judge behind the drive to bury Latin America’s biggest corruption probe

    Dias Toffoli infuriates campaigners by helping dismantle legacy of ‘Car Wash’ investigation in Brazil

    Dias Toffoli
  • Wednesday, 22 May, 2024
    Brazil’s supreme court overturns ‘Car Wash’ corruption convictions

    Reversal of high-profile rulings comes as country backtracks on graft probe

    José Dirceu, a leftwing politician and longtime ally of president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silv
  • Thursday, 16 May, 2024
    Elon Musk
    Brazil supreme court chief hits back at Elon Musk after X rulings

    President of top court links billionaire with ‘destructive’ international far-right movement

    Luís Roberto Barroso
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Minas Gerais
    The governor who is a dark horse for Brazil’s next presidential race

    Minas Gerais businessman-turned-politician Romeu Zema plays down talk of 2026 bid, but analysts are not convinced

    A man standing under an expansive roof of a building. He’s a middle-aged Caucasian wearing glasses and a dark-grey casual shirt
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Minas Gerais
    Belo Horizonte looks to tech and quality of life to revive spirits

    The Minas Gerais state capital, Brazil’s first large planned city, confronts its 21st century challenges

    A scenic view of a public square lined with tall palm trees leading to a historic building with a classical facade
  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Special ReportInvesting in Minas Gerais
    As Minas goes, so goes Brazil

    The bellwether state of Minas Gerais is a microcosm of the country’s vast political, economic and social disparities

  • Wednesday, 15 May, 2024
    Petrobras
    Brazilian government ousts Petrobras chief after dispute over dividends

    Jean Paul Prates is fifth CEO of state-controlled oil major to leave in 3 years

    Jean Paul Prates
  • Tuesday, 16 April, 2024
    Brazilian economy
    Brazil seeks to weaken fiscal targets it set only a year ago

    Leftist administration of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva wants greater flexibility on budget surplus goals

    Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaking to Fernando Haddad
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