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Members of the Orquesta de los Barrios youth orchesta: Micaela Sandoval, Ruth Geréz, Lucas Flores.

Youth orchestra cultivates more than just music

Today 05:15 Director Néstor Tedesco’s Orquesta de los Barrios youth orchestra provides a network of support for young musicians from the city’s shantytowns.

by Zella Milfred

Un fuerte terremoto de 7,4 grados se registró al sur de Ushuaia y hay alerta de tsunami en Chile

TSUNAMI WARNING

Major offshore quake causes tsunami scare in Chile, Argentina

Yesterday 13:18 Residents of the remote southern village of Puerto Almanza were ordered to evacuate the area over threat of a tsunami caused by an earthquake off southern coast of South America.

Bolivia's former president Evo Morales speaks during an AFP interview in the coca-growing zone of Lauca Ene, Bolivia, on April 28, 2025.

latin america

Evo Morales vows no surrender in bid to reclaim Bolivian presidency

01-05-2025 09:31 Bolivia's first Indigenous president plans to formally launch a bid for a fourth term, despite being barred from running again.

President Javier Milei and Chinese Premier Xi Jinping.

ARGENTINA-CHINA RELATIONS

Chinese business interests await gesture from Milei towards Xi

01-05-2025 09:18 Over-enthusiasm for the United States has damaged links with China, hampering political moves towards investment and trade agreements. A presidential trip to the Asian power is the key to smoothing the acrimony.

by Eugenia Muzio

Argentina's government has announced that a crisis committee has been set up to send federal forces to the central city of Rosario following a request from Santa Fe Province Governor Maximiliano Pullaro to confront drug trafficking and drug violence.

CRIME & SECURITY

Organised crime hampering growth in Latin America, warns World Bank

29-04-2025 11:58 Organised crime in Latin America and the Caribbean is holding back economic growth, World Bank report warns.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

Reports: Real Madrid's Ancelotti agrees deal to take charge of Brazil

29-04-2025 11:06 Real Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti has agreed to take over the Brazilian national team, several Spanish media outlets reported Monday.

Geopolitcs & trade

Xi is trying to turn world against US as Trump cuts trade deals

29-04-2025 11:03 Beijing officials are racing to turn foreign governments against the United States inside a 90-day window Trump has granted all nations — except China — to strike trade deals during a tariff reprieve.

This photograph taken with slow shutter and zooming effect shows cardinals (top) and bishops (bottom) attending a holy mass a day after the funeral of Pope Francis, at St Peter's square in The Vatican, on April 27, 2025.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Diplomacy likely to trump geography in choice of new pope

27-04-2025 10:36 Pope Francis championed far-flung regions long overlooked by the Church and a non-European pope would make sense, given that Catholicism is growing in Africa and Asia.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the late Pope Francis.

OBITUARY: POPE FRANCIS (1936-2025)

The Pope from the 'ends of the earth' called to 'repair' the Church

26-04-2025 05:00 Jorge Bergoglio enters history as the first American Pope. During his time heading the Catholic Church, he reformed Vatican governance, pushed for peace and reconciliation and guided the Church through some of the darkest moments in recent years, taking measures against child abuse by members of the clergy.

by Darío Silva D'Andrea

Faithful attend an interfaith mass for the late Pope Francis at Buenos Aires Metropolitan Cathedral on April 22, 2025, a day after his death. The Argentine pontiff, 88, died on April 21 after a stroke, less than a month after returning home from five weeks in the hospital battling double pneumonia, and his funeral will be held on April 26, the Vatican announced.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: April 17 to 24

25-04-2025 16:16 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Cardinals walk near the Vatican in the streets of Rome on April 25, 2025. The Vatican on April 25, 2025, said over 128,000 people have already paid their respects to Pope Francis, whose body is lying in state in St Peter's Basilica ahead of his funeral.

CATHOLIC CHURCH

Hope, apprehension and politics: Cardinals search for new pope

25-04-2025 10:30 Catholic cardinals have admitted some apprehension at the responsibility of choosing the successor to the late Pope Francis.

The B3 stock exchange in São Paulo, Brazil.

Supply lines

Latin America is master of its markets, not Trump, Bradesco says

23-04-2025 22:34 Outlook for Latin American shares depends more on local elections and fiscal and monetary policy than it does Donald Trump’s tariff war.

Carlos Fernández, Paraguay finance minister.

SUPPLY LINES

Mercosur shields Paraguay from Trump tariff pain, says finance chief

23-04-2025 22:29 Membership in one of the world’s most protectionist trade blocs will help shield Paraguay from the worst of near-term disruptions caused by US tariffs.

Ranchers load feed pens for cattle on a farm in Maraba, Brazil.

AGRICULTURE & LIVESTOCK

From meat to grains, trade war is a boon to Brazil and Argentina

22-04-2025 14:38 Escalating tensions between the United States and China have created an opening for Brazil and Argentina to ramp up exports.

People take photos of a portrait of the late Pope Francis displayed at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 21, 2025.

A POPE FOR LATIN AMERICA

Latin America bids fond farewell to its first pontiff

22-04-2025 13:17 News of death of Pope Francis moves many in Latin America; Personalities such as Lionel Messi and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pay tribute.

OBITUARY

Pope Francis, promoter of more compassionate Church, dies at 88

21-04-2025 14:51 Pontiff was praised for focus on poverty and human suffering; Born in Argentina, he was the first pope from the Americas.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - APRIL 21: Mourners gather at St. Patricks Church in New York to pay respects to Pope Francis on April 21, 2025 in New York City.

Catholic Church

Faith foes: Pope Francis' fight with the Catholic right

21-04-2025 11:25 Pope Francis made many radical changes to the Catholic Church, arousing both fervour and fury with his reforms.

A demonstrator gestures as he is being arrested by members of the Argentine Federal Police during a protest called by retirees demanding an increase in pensions and against economic adjustment by the government of President Javier Milei in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires on April 16, 2025.

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: April 11 to 18

18-04-2025 17:29 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina – including some pretty big announcements last Friday...

European Union and Mercosur member nation flags.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU hopes Trump tariffs can nudge Mercosur deal past finish line

17-04-2025 09:10 Spectre of transatlantic trade war is fuelling hopes of a silver lining in Europe: that the long-awaited EU-Mercorur free-trade deal could get a final green light.

Brazil's Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM, Federal Council of Medicine).

HUMAN RIGHTS

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.

Wang Wei, China's ambassador in Argentina.

DIPLOMATIC ROW

Chinese Embassy hits back after Bessent’s remarks in Argentina

15-04-2025 17:48 Beijing’s Embassy in Buenos Aires issues expressing “deep dissatisfaction and categorical rejection of the malicious slanders and libellous remarks” made by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent during visit to Buenos Aires.

This combination of pictures created on February 04, 2025 shows, L-R, US President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House on February 3, 2025, in Washington, DC and China's President Xi Jinping speaking in Macau on December 19, 2024.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

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.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Chile unveils ‘bioceanic road corridor’ plan to fanfare

15-04-2025 13:18 President Gabriel Boric presents massive infrastructure project – the cost of which was not revealed – that would link the north of Chile with Brazil, Argentina and Paraguay to form a new trade route between the Atlantic and the Asia-Pacific.

OBITUARY

Mario Vargas Llosa: Peruvian Nobel-winning novelist

13-04-2025 23:25 As one of Latin America’s foremost writers and intellectuals, Mario Vargas Llosa defended individual liberty, democracy and the free market, which often put him at odds with his peers and political leaders in the region.

LITERARY LEGEND DIES

Mario Vargas Llosa, Latin American literary heavyweight, dies at 89

13-04-2025 23:15 Mario Vargas Llosa has died in Lima at the age of 89, confirms family; Nobel literature laureate is considered to be one of the greats of Latin America's literary "boom" of the 1960s and 1970s.

Ecuador's President and Presidential candidate Daniel Noboa talks to supporters in Olón, Santa Elena province, Ecuador on April 13, 2025.

Ecuador election 2025

Noboa declared winner of Ecuador run-off, González demands recount

13-04-2025 22:56 Election authorities declare incumbent Daniel Noboa to be the winner of Ecuador's presidential run-off vote, with the 37-year-old leader defeating his leftist rival by bigger-than-expected margin; Challenger Luisa González expresses concern over fraud.

ECONOMY – ANALYSIS

IMF bets billions on Milei’s chainsaw to avert past debacles

13-04-2025 08:50 Frontloading disbursements is a controversial move that increases the IMF’s exposure to its biggest debtor, just as Milei faces the same policy dilemmas that have doomed his predecessors.

Members of the Ecuadorean Navy stand in formation before leaving to guard polling stations in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on April 12, 2025.

Ecuador election 2025

Ecuador imposes state of emergency before razor-close election

12-04-2025 14:42 On the eve of a too-close-to-call presidential run-off and reacting a dramatic rise in drug-linked violence, Ecuador declares a state of emergency in seven of its 24 provinces, including the capital.

MERCOSUR SUMMIT

Mercosur to expand common tariff exemptions as trade war rages

11-04-2025 17:30 Mercosur countries have decided to relax common external tariffs on 50 products of the choice of each of its members, giving them more flexibility to negotiate deals.

Ca7riel and Paco Amoroso perform on Jimmy Fallon’s 'The Tonight Show'.

THE WEEK IN REVIEW

Stories that caught our eye: April 4 to 11

11-04-2025 16:56 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina and beyond.

EURO TRADE PLANS

EU races to expand two-trillion-euro trade network as US links sour

11-04-2025 13:49 The European Union is racing to clinch trade deals with countries around the world in an effort to diversify away from an increasingly protectionist United States.

Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva gestures during a ceremony to announce investments in the defence industry at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia on February 12, 2025.

ECONOMIC INDICATORS

Brazil’s inflation hits two-year high amid rate hike debate

11-04-2025 11:26 Brazil’s annual inflation rate at its highest level in two years.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Trump’s tariffs may speed EU–Mercosur deal, says Orsi

11-04-2025 10:09 Uruguay’s president sees US protectionism pushing Europe to compromise on stalled trade pact

All smiles at CONMEBOL for 2030 World Cup decision.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

CONMEBOL proposes one-off 64-team World Cup in 2030

10-04-2025 18:23 CONMEBOL President Alejandro Domínguez argues increasing the number of teams in the tournament would allow for a broader celebration of the World Cup.

Mia Mottley, Michelle Bachelet, Rebeca Grynspan,, Juan Manuel Santos.

FUTURE OF UNITED NATIONS

Four Latin Americans who could become the UN’s next leader

10-04-2025 15:57 Latin American and Caribbean nations will seek to unite behind a single candidate in the contest to lead the United Nations, a move that see the first-ever female secretary-general.

Argentina's President Javier Milei, Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Paraguay's President Santiago Peña pose for the family picture of the LXV Mercosur Summit in Montevideo on December 6, 2024.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

EU offers timeline for final Mercosur deal proposal

10-04-2025 14:28 Top EU spokesperson says he wants to present a proposal for sweeping free-trade agreement before “end of summer,” with legal review ongoing.

Paraguay's President Santiago Peña and Argentina's President Javier Milei hug during a joint press conference following a meeting at the Palacio de Lopez government palace in Asunción on April 9, 2025.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

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.

General view during the IX Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit, at the Central Bank of Honduras (BCH) in Tegucigalpa on April 9, 2025. A dozen Latin American and Caribbean presidents, including those of Brazil, Colombia, and Mexico, will meet during the 33-nation CELAC summit, in the midst of US President Donald Trump's trade war.

TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR

Strength in numbers: Latin America urges unity in face of Trump tariffs

09-04-2025 17:38 Latin American leaders at CELAC summit in Honduras call for a united front to tackle US President Donald Trump's tariff onslaught.

President JAvier Milei and Mercado Libre founder Marcos Galperin.

BUSINESS & INVESTMENT

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.

Foreign policy & diplomacy

Uruguay's Orsi calls for Latin American unity in face of economic uncertainty

08-04-2025 17:23 Uruguay's left-wing President Yamandú Orsi calls for regional integration in the face of economic uncertainty from the United States.

Julio Glinternick Bitelli, Brazil's Ambassador to Argentina.

Interview

Brazilian ambassador: Lula-Milei differences have 'minimal effect on bilateral relations’

05-04-2025 06:34 Brazil’s Ambassador to Argentina on managing bilateral relations, despite the enmity between Javier Milei and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Julio Bitelli on Jair Bolsonaro’s trial, the Malvinas issue, the flirtation between Argentina and the United States, the trade imbalance and the importance of Vaca Muerta.

by Cecilia Degl'Innocenti

COPA LIBERTADORES

Copa Libertadores opens group phase in typically explosive fashion

03-04-2025 00:16 It's likely too early to tell, but are we witnessing a changing of the guard in South American football?

by Dan Edwards

Gabriel Boric, Chile's president, speaks during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York, United States, on Tuesday, September 24, 2024.

TRADE WARS

Trump attempting to be an ‘emperor,’ says Chile's Boric

02-04-2025 15:19 Chilean President says that at Trump’s inauguration, billionaires and tech gurus were “paying homage to someone who seems to pretend to be a new emperor.”

Aerial view of Siderurgica Huachipato, in Talcahuano, Bío Bío region, taken on September 11, 2024. Chile's largest steel plant shut down last year, yielding to cheaper production in China.

TRADE WARS

Trump tariffs threaten Latin American steel industry

01-04-2025 15:18 US president’s new tariffs, designed to protect American consumers, will put Latin America's steel industry on the ropes

POLLING & SURVEYS

Latin Americans split on retaliation as Trump’s tariffs loom

01-04-2025 12:19 Half of Mexicans, Argentines and Brazilians want their governments to retaliate to Trump’s tariffs, with slightly smaller shares of Colombians and Chileans saying the same.

Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Meloni welcomes Argentina's President Javier Milei at Palazzo Chigi prior their meeting in Rome on December 13, 2024.

ITALIAN CITIZENSHIP

Italy limits citizenship eligibility for descendants, affecting tens of thousands of Argentines

29-03-2025 08:38 Italy will limit its citizenship law based on blood ties to two generations, a move that could affect tens of thousands of Argentines.

People clash with anti-riot Airport Security Police (PSA) during a protest demanding an increase in pensions and against the government of President Javier Milei in front of the National Congress in Buenos Aires on March 26, 2025.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: March 21 to 28

28-03-2025 17:59 A selection of stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentina's midfielder #08 Enzo Fernández celebrates after scoring his team's second goal during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Brazil at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on March 25, 2025.

International football

Rout of Brazil shows 2026 World Cup hopes are very much alive

28-03-2025 12:39 Tuesday's showing against Brazil, in particular, was as strong a statement of intent from Lionel Scaloni’s side as one could wish to envision.

by Dan Edwards

Argentina's head coach Lionel Scaloni gestures during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Argentina and Brazil at the Mas Monumental stadium in Buenos Aires on March 25, 2025.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL

At present, the Albiceleste are unstoppable – even without Messi

27-03-2025 16:10 Why Argentina is doing well without superstar skipper Messi and coach Lionel Scaloni is doing everything right.

Former Brazil president Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the media after leaving the Senate building in Brasília on March 26, 2025.

POLITICS IN BRAZIL

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.

Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba (right) shakes hands with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva during their summit meeting at the Akasaka Palace State Guest House in Tokyo on March 26, 2025.

MERCOSUR TRADE

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.

In the first international translocation of wild species for release in the Southern Cone, Rewilding Argentina and Rewilding Chile, offspring organizations of Tompkins Conservation, have brought 15 Darwin’s rheas across the Andes from Patagonia Park, Argentina to Patagonia National Park, Chile in order to restore depleted populations of this endemic species.

ENVIRONMENT & WILDLIFE

Fifteen wild rheas transferred to Chile in bid to restore species

25-03-2025 10:20 Argentina and Chile achieve a conservation milestone with the first binational translocation of wild birds; Conservation effort is part of a push to boost population.

Former Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro (2019-2022) arrives at Brasilia airport on March 25, 2025.

Brazil ex-president

Brazil judges weigh whether to put Bolsonaro on trial for 'coup'

25-03-2025 10:06 Brazil's Supreme Court weighs whether to put far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro on trial for allegedly masterminding an attempted coup after losing elections in 2022.

Argentina's midfielder Thiago Almada celebrates after scoring during the 2026 FIFA World Cup South American qualifiers football match between Uruguay and Argentina at the Centenario stadium in Montevideo, on March 21, 2025.

International football

Qualification all but sure as Scaloneta gets revenge in Montevideo

22-03-2025 09:32 This version of La Scaloneta continues to get the result when it matters most, taking revenge for the Celeste's stunning victory in the Bombonera almost 18 months ago.

by La Scaloneta continues to

Chilean presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei.

POLITICS IN CHILE

Chile presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei lauds Argentina budget cuts

22-03-2025 09:13 “In Argentina, they’ve cut spending with a speed and determination that’s incredible,” says Chile presidential candidate Evelyn Matthei.

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: March 14 to 21

21-03-2025 17:00 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

EMBASSY SCANDAL IN CARACAS

The year-long stand-off between five prisoners in a mansion and Maduro's regime

21-03-2025 10:20 Members of Venezuela’s opposition are trapped in Argentina's Embassy in Caracas, living on rainwater and sardines, as government forces stand watch.

Shoppers browse at the Tristan Narvaja market in Montevideo.

SCANDAL IN URUGUAY

Uruguay rocked by US$300 million in cattle fraud claims

20-03-2025 12:21 Urugauy is facing one of its biggest-ever retail investor fraud cases, with companies peddling cattle investments accused of bilking savers out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Uruguay's President Yamandú Orsi (C) observes the first changing of guard of his term in office in front of national hero José Artigas' monument at Independence Square in Montevideo on March 10, 2025.

CYBER-ATTACK

Cyber-attack on Uruguay government may have come from Argentina

18-03-2025 11:10 A cyber-attack on a Uruguay government website Monday declared that the country "needs rulers, not puppets”; News reports as journalists accuse Argentina as the source of the hack.

A 'train of solidarity' prepares to leave for storm-hit Bahía Blanca.

THE WEEK IN REIVEW

Stories that caught our eye: March 7 to 14

14-03-2025 17:07 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Peru Congress president Eduardo Salhuana Cavides.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Peru rights groups sound alarm on 'anti-NGO' bill

14-03-2025 13:30 Peru's Congress is on a mission to increase state oversight over NGOs, which have drawn the ire of conservatives for bringing cases against the state for alleged human rights abuses.

Members of the Digital Defenders Network of the Ley Olimpia movement show how the platform works during an interview with AFP

TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY

AI chatbot helps victims of digital sexual violence in Latin America

12-03-2025 18:29 Two digital sexual violence survivors band together and leverage AI to create a new platform – OlimpIA – to support other women in similar situations.

Shoppers at a Big Box supermarket in Brasília, Brazil.

INFLATION WOES

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.

People walk in the street in the neighbourhood where at least 22 people were killed on the eve in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on March 7, 2025.

CRIME & SECURITY

Crime fears offer opening to conservative leaders

07-03-2025 18:06 Crime and drug-trafficking surpass corruption and the economy as top issues for Latin American voters, giving hard-on-crime conservatives a boost in the upcoming election cycle.

Chile Interior Minister Carolina Tohá announces run for presidency.

CHILE ELECTIONS

Chile interior minister quits to run for president

05-03-2025 11:06 Chile's centre-left interior minister Carolina Tohá announces her bid for presidency, with opposition still dominating early polls.

This handout satellite image released by Copernicus Sentinel Data 2025, shows A23A Iceberg getting closer to the South Georgia Island in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica on February 24, 2025. The world's biggest iceberg appears to have run aground, potentially sparing the crucial wildlife breeding ground of South Georgia from being hit by the behemoth, the British Antarctic Survey said on March 4, 2025.

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

World's biggest iceberg runs aground, sparing wildlife haven island

04-03-2025 13:30 The colossal iceberg A23a – which is more than twice the size of Greater London and weighs nearly one trillion tonnes – has been drifting north from Antarctica towards South Georgia island since 2020.

President Javier Milei gestures as he speaks during the inauguration of the 143rd ordinary session of Congress at the National Congress in Buenos Aires on March 1, 2025.

MERCOSUR TENSIONS

Milei: Mercosur bloc ‘has only enriched Brazilian industrialists’

02-03-2025 11:28 Argentina’s President Javier Milei declares in speech to Congress that Mercosur trade bloc has “only enriched Brazilian industrialists,” warning he will take his nation out of trade bloc if it prevents free-trade deal with United States.

A man affected by teargas reacts as he is treated during a protest called by pensioners asking for an increase in pensions outside the National Congress in Buenos Aires on February 26, 2025.

the week in review

Stories that caught our eye: February 21 to 28

28-02-2025 18:23 A selection of the stories that caught our eye over the last seven days in Argentina.

Handout picture published by the official news outlet El 19 Digital shows Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (C), his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo (L), and the Police Commander Francisco Javier Díaz Madriz during his swearing-in ceremony in Managua on February 26, 2025.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Nicaragua to withdraw from UN Human Rights Council

28-02-2025 16:13 "Co-presidents" Daniel Ortega and wife Rosario Murillo quit UN Human Rights Council after being accused of enacting "persecution, forced exile and economic retaliation" against the Nicaraguan people.

Umbanda practitioners perform a ritual in honor of the Caboclo entity at the Centro Espírita Umbandista Caboclo Sete Estrelas in the Realengo neighbourhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 22, 2025.

HUMAN RIGHTS

Feted at Carnival, Afro-Brazilian faiths face hate in daily life

28-02-2025 15:40 Behind the joyous vail of Brazil's infamous Carnival lies mounting discrimination against afro-Brazilians, with attacks on religious freedom increasing by 81 percent between 2023 and 2024, according to official data.