Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The US withdrawal from the Paris climate accord for a second time under President Donald Trump will have a “huge impact” on efforts to curb global warming, the incoming head of the UN […]
Thick plumes of smoke at times clouded major cities including Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo last year. Brazil’s Amazon rainforest experienced its highest number of fires in 17 years in 2024, government data published Wednesday showed, after the vast biome suffered months of a lengthy drought. There were 140,328 fires detected by satellite […]
A panic in Brazil’s financial markets has laid bare plummeting investor confidence in the fiscal policy of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, with his leftwing administration under intense pressure to fortify the public accounts of Latin America’s largest economy. The real dropped to a record low against the US dollar on Wednesday, leading to […]
President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil was in the hospital recovering from the procedure. Doctors said the bleeding appeared to be linked to a fall in October.
Gabryele Moreira in front of Brazil’s first nuclear reactor. She was the only Black student in her nuclear-technology master’s programme in 2018.Credit: IPEN/USP Gabryele Moreira first became interested in physics during a pre-university course she took in the outskirts of Salvador in northeastern Brazil in 2011. Two years later, she was admitted to the Federal […]
Two blasts, coming 20 seconds apart, rocked an area of Brasília near the heart of the government’s offices.
Renata Brandão is already one of the best-known and most influential media creators in Brazil. But since taking over in 2016 as CEO of the Brazilian production giant — Conspiração Filmes has earned 10 International Emmy nominations for its programming, more than any company in Latin America — Brandão has expanded the business internationally. “A […]
Brazil’s top court expanded its power to protect democracy. But some are wondering whether the court now represents the threat.
BBC Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa says her indigenous community is at risk from inhaling so much smoke “If these fires continue, we indigenous people will die.” Raimundinha Rodrigues Da Sousa runs the voluntary fire service for the Caititu indigenous community in the Brazilian Amazon. Their land is supposed to be protected under the Brazilian constitution. […]
Now, X’s lawyers said the company had done exactly what Mr. Musk vowed not to: take down accounts that a Brazilian justice ordered removed because the judge said they threatened Brazil’s democracy. X also complied with the justice’s other demands, including paying fines and naming a new formal representative in the country, the lawyers said.
