Brazil
Brazil’s Supreme Court suspends Telegram, a key Bolsonaro platform
By Ricardo Brito and Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the...
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Bolsonaro granted indigenous rights medal, angering Brazil tribal leaders
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian tribal leaders and advocates on Thursday criticized the granting of an indigenous rights award to President...
Read moreBrazil’s government mulls temporary increase in welfare program -sources
By Bernardo Caram BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's Economy Ministry is evaluating a temporary increase of the government's Auxilio Brasil welfare...
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Brazil Congress passes bill changing state fuel taxes; governors will try to block it
SAO PAULO/BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's lower house in the early hours of Friday passed a bill changing the calculation of...
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Swiss court rejects bid to cloak accounts in Ghosn probe
ZURICH (Reuters) - A Swiss court has rejected an Arab businessman's appeal seeking to block Japanese prosecutors from getting bank...
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Latin America’s trans politicians gain ground in a dangerous region
By Carolina Pulice SAO PAULO (Reuters) - When Erika Hilton decided to run for political office in South America's biggest...
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Brazil won’t take sides over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – foreign minister
LISBON (Reuters) - Brazil will not take sides over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Foreign Minister Carlos Franca said on Tuesday,...
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Sao Paulo ex-governor joins Brazil Socialist party to be Lula running mate
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin will join the Brazilian Socialist Party (PSB) so he can stand...
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Former Ghosn deputy set for U.S. return after suspended sentence
By Tim Kelly and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) - A Tokyo court on Thursday handed former Nissan Motor executive Greg...
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Brazil’s Lula aims for closer ties with Mexico’s leftist ruling party
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva oversaw the signing of a pact on Wednesday...
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Brazil votes for UN resolution, but criticizes ‘indiscriminate sanctions’ against Russia
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazil's ambassador to the United Nations, Ronaldo Costa Filho, reaffirmed on Wednesday the country's position in favor...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro says humanitarian visas to be given to Ukrainians
(Reuters) - Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday the country will allow Ukrainians to come to Brazil through a...
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Rio de Janeiro is ready to party, with or without carnival
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - As Rio de Janeiro's world-famous carnival holiday rolls around this year without...
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Bolsonaro won’t condemn Putin, says Brazil will remain neutral over invasion
By Gabriel Stargardter RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday declined to condemn Russian President Vladimir Putin's...
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‘She woke up with bombs’: Ukrainian diasporas in Latin America protest invasion
By Horacio Fernando Soria and Miguel Lo Bianco BUENOS AIRES/LIMA (Reuters) - Leila Antonovsk, 28, a Ukrainian living in Argentina,...
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Despite Bolsonaro reluctance, Brazil votes against Russia on U.N. resolution
By Lisandra Paraguassu BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil voted on Friday for a draft U.N. Security Council resolution that would have deplored...
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Venezuela re-opens border with Brazil after two years
PUERTO ORDAZ (Reuters) - Venezuela re-opened its land border with Brazil on Thursday, nearly two years after the government of...
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Some Latin American nations call for Russian withdrawal from Ukraine
By Julia Symmes Cobb, Adam Jourdan and Fabian Cambero BOGOTA/BUENOS AIRES/SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Colombia, Argentina and Chile on Thursday called...
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Far from Russian invasion, Ukrainian Brazilians pray for peace
By Pilar Olivares PRUDENTOPOLIS, Brazil (Reuters) - More than 12,000 kilometers (7,450 miles) away from the violence of the Russian...
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Brazil’s Bolsonaro disauthorizes vice president who condemned Russian invasion of Ukraine
BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro disauthorized his Vice President Hamilton Mourao on Thursday for saying that Brazil opposed...
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