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Brazil is celebrating a tourism milestone, welcoming 7 million international visitors between January and September 2025 — a 45% increase compared to the same period last year, according to Embratur, Brazil’s tourism promotion agency. With its iconic beaches, festive atmosphere, and year-round......
A wave of methanol poisonings has sparked panic in Brazil, leading to the death of one person and multiple suspected cases, prompting the closure of several bars and raising concerns among consumers nationwide. According to the Ministry of Health, one person died from confirmed......
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Brazil on Sunday to protest a proposed law that would expand parliamentary immunity and potentially grant amnesty to former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, who was sentenced to 27 years in prison for an attempted coup. Demonstrators gathered......
The northern Italian town of Pontida hosted on Sunday the annual gathering of the far-right League party, led by Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini. Thousands of supporters, many wearing T-shirts bearing the image of American conservative activist Charlie Kirk—assassinated earlier this month—joined......
Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has been diagnosed with skin cancer, one week after being sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempting a coup, his doctor announced on Wednesday. A biopsy of skin lesions revealed a squamous cell carcinoma, “a type of skin cancer that can have more serious......
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to 27 years and three months in prison for an attempted coup, in a historic trial that has shaken the country’s political landscape. The conviction, decided by a 4-1 vote in Brazil’s Supreme Court, comes just over a year before......
Tens of thousands of supporters of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro filled the streets of major cities on Sunday, just days before the Supreme Court is expected to deliver a verdict in his trial over an alleged coup attempt. The historic ruling, which involves Bolsonaro and seven co-defendants,......
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for maintaining the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, a commitment made under the Paris Agreement in 2015. “As the UN Climate Conference in Brazil approaches, the world must act faster to......
Volkswagen do Brasil, the Brazilian subsidiary of the German automaker, announced it will appeal a court decision that found the company guilty of maintaining workers in conditions akin to slavery during the 1970s and 1980s. The labor court in the state of Pará ruled on Friday that hundreds of......
Brazilian authorities launched a large-scale operation on Thursday against an extensive money laundering network linked to the fuel sector, involving more than 1,400 agents across several states. The operation uncovered billions of reais allegedly laundered through gas stations and later placed in financial......
Brazilian former president Jair Bolsonaro’s legal team has denied claims that he violated precautionary measures during his trial for an alleged attempted coup, accusing the police of trying to “demoralize” him, according to a document submitted to the Supreme Court. The Brazilian......
Lawyers for former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro have formally requested his acquittal in the ongoing trial before the Supreme Court, where he is accused of orchestrating an attempted coup following his electoral defeat in 2022. In a detailed 197-page defense submitted on Wednesday, Bolsonaro’s......
U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he hopes for a “constructive” meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, scheduled for Friday in Alaska — a summit that has raised alarms in Ukraine and among European leaders. Trump stated he wanted to “test the waters” with his......
