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Argentina raises security threat level amid Iran conflict

24-06-2025 10:14 Security was officially stepped up last Saturday following US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities. Argentine embassies across the Middle East are now on ‘high’ alert.

by Walter Curia

Brazil records 62% jump in area burned by forest fires, says monitor

24-06-2025 09:51 According to monitoring platform MapBiomas, fires razed 30 million hectares last year – a 62 percent jump compared to the 18.5 million hectares burned annually on average. 

MercadoLibre CEO steps aside after 25 years for chairman job

22-05-2025 08:53 Billionaire founder Marcos Galperin will step down as CEO of e-commerce and financial services giant Mercado Libre in January 2026.

US reward for info on Hezbollah at Argentina-Brazil-Paraguay border

19-05-2025 18:05 United States announces it is offering up to US$10 million for information on Hezbollah’s financial networks in the Triple Border region.

Confirmed: Ancelotti to take over as Brazil coach

12-05-2025 12:12 Carlo Ancelotti will leave Real Madrid to take his talents to the international game with Brazil.

Merz tells France Mercosur trade deal must be ratified 'quickly'

07-05-2025 11:13 New German chancellor Friedrich Merz says EU countries should "quickly" ratify a free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc that has met with staunch opposition from France.

Brazil prohibits hormone therapy for transgender minors

16-04-2025 18:22 Brazilian health authority raises legal age for transgender people to receive hormone therapy from 16 to 18; Also raises minimum age for sexual reassignment surgery "that involves a potentially sterilising effect" from 18 to 21 years. 

Trump’s China trade war is forcing Latin America to pick a side

15-04-2025 14:02 Intensifying battle between world’s two largest economies has left governments grappling with the reality that their days of doing big business with Beijing without serious blowback from Washington are numbered.

Milei hails shared values during talks with Paraguay’s Peña

09-04-2025 21:32 President met up with his Paraguayan counterpart, holding various meetings in Asunción during brief overseas trip.

Mercado Libre to invest US$2.6 billion in Argentina this year

09-04-2025 17:31 US$2.6-billion investment marks a 53% increase on last year’s figure and forms part of a wider regional expansion drive.

Brazil's Bolsonaro ordered to stand trial for attempted coup

26-03-2025 22:26 Brazil's Supreme Court orders former president Jair Bolsonaro to stand trial on charges of plotting a coup after failing to win re-election in 2022.

Lula urges Mercosur-Japan deal to counter Trump protectionism

26-03-2025 08:38 Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva calls for new trade deal between Mercosur bloc and Japan during visit to Tokyo.

Brazil prices jump the most since 2022 in fresh blow to Lula

12-03-2025 11:53 Official data released Wednesday by Brazil's government showed consumer prices shot up 1.31% in February, the monthly biggest rise since March 2022.

Brazil's Bolsonaro bets on Trump card for survival

28-02-2025 15:22 Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro remains "calm" and places faith on US support to dodge a 40-year criminal sentence for allegedly plotting a coup following the 2022 elections.

Argentina may send Armed Forces to beef up Triple Frontier security

30-01-2025 00:35 Border clampdown takes Brazil by surprise, with officials learning of move via media; Security, Defence Ministries fine-tuning details to determine number of troops and where they will be deployed.

Argentina’s rich neighbours cut back on visits due to strong peso

28-01-2025 09:38 Tourists visiting from Uruguay and Chile fell at least 30% in December from a year ago, according to INDEC.

EU-Mercosur free-trade deal 'not concluded,' says Macron

06-01-2025 16:38 French President Emmanuel Macron declares that the controversial free-trade agreement between the European Union and the Mercosur bloc is "not concluded."

'I'm Still Here': Oscar buzz for ode to Brazil resistance

02-01-2025 16:26 Honoured in Venice, Brazilian film 'I'm Still Here' is a contender for a Golden Globe this Sunday and even possibly for the Oscars. Its director Walter Salles and star Fernanda Torres explains why this cinematic a message of "resistance" is important amid a rise in support for the far right.

Brazil market rout risks a crisis as Lula resists austerity push

19-12-2024 08:25 As the currency craters in Brazil, thrusting the country’s markets into the international spotlight for the first time in years, a grim reality is setting in for top economic aides to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. They are, they fear, powerless to do much to stop the panic.

Geraldo Alckmin, Lula’s rival-turned-vice-president, finds himself in unwanted limelight

19-12-2024 08:17 For decades, he was President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s political rival. Now his boss’s health issues have put Geraldo Alckmin at the centre of questions about Brazil’s future.