News of brazil politics

São Paulo governor emerges as leading successor to Bolsonaro

28-09-2025 08:42 Tarcísio de Freita rises as Jair Bolsonaro’s likely successor for presidency amid political uncertainty.

BRAZILIAN EX-PRESIDENT

Bolsonaro found guilty of coup plot, given 27 years in jail

11-09-2025 16:08 Historic Supreme Court conviction in Brazil; Far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro found guilty of plotting a military coup in bid to overturn 2022 election loss by three justices.

BRAZILIAN EX-PRESIDENT

Jair Bolsonaro on brink of conviction in Brazil coup trial

10-09-2025 10:04 Forme president risks a prison term of over 40 years if found guilty of seeking to stay in power after his defeat in 2022 elections.

TRUMP'S TARIFF WAR

Trump unveils 50% Brazil levy in response to Bolsonaro trial

09-07-2025 21:22 US President Donald Trump announces 50% tariff targeting Brazil as he blasted the trial of the country's ex-leader Jair Bolsonaro.

POLITICS & COURTS

Court approves Lula’s visit to house-bound Fernández de Kirchner

02-07-2025 14:11 Federal judge approves Cristina Fernández de Kirchner’s request for Brazil’s leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to visit her in Buenos Aires while she’s under house arrest.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

Brazil's 2026 elections, without Lula or Bolsonaro?

21-12-2024 04:46 Brazil's 2026 presidential election may offer a field of candidates featuring neither incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor far-right rival Jair Bolsonaro – a novel scenario for Argentina's giant neighbour.

BRAZILIAN POLITICS

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.

EU-MERCOSUR TRADE DEAL

Mercosur and EU announce agreement on free-trade deal

06-12-2024 13:02 Almost 25 years on from the first opening of negotiations, the the EU and Mercosur reach agreement for free-trade deal that will create a market exceeding 700 million people.

LATAM

Hunger in G20 host Brazil is Lula's unfinished fight

14-11-2024 19:32 Left-wing President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will call for "Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty" at the G20 summit in Rio.

Trade tensions

Lula’s embrace of Xi sets up a clash over Trump’s China policy

14-11-2024 12:37 Brazil’s President Lula is advancing a strategic partnership with China, pursuing infrastructure projects to boost Brazil’s economic ties with Asia, despite the risks of upsetting their other largest trade partner: the United States.

BILATERAL RELATIONS

Milei walks fine line as he slams 'judicial persecution' of Bolsonaro

08-07-2024 11:47 President Javier Milei oversteps normal diplomatic conventions by denouncing "judicial persecution" of Jair Bolsonaro, his ideological ally in Brazil.

PRESIDENT IN BRAZIL

Milei backs Bolsonaro without attacking Lula in Brazil visit

08-07-2024 11:17 Javier Milei headlines conservative rally in southern Brazil alongside right-wing former president Jair Bolsonaro, the biggest gamble yet on his unorthodox foreign policy approach.

FOREIGN POLICY & DIPLOMACY

Milei shuns Mercosur summit and awkward meet with Lula

01-07-2024 15:00 Argentina’s President Javier Milei pulls out of upcoming Mercosur summit in Asunción and potentially awkward meeting with Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

GEOPOLITICS & DIPLOMACY

G20 finance ministers meet on world economy hit by crises, conflicts

28-02-2024 12:55 G20 finance ministers will meet Wednesday in Brazil, seeking ways to shore up a global economy whose nascent recovery is threatened by a raft of conflicts and crises, including the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

Brazil and Wall Street

Lula pulls off rare trick twice, wooing Wall Street and the poor

26-02-2024 11:09 In his first year back in power, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has again managed to keep both low-income voters and Wall Street investors happy