Brazil

Justice Alexandre de Moraes and his wife had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions after conviction of ex-president The US Department of the Treasury has lifted sanctions imposed on the Brazilian supreme court justice who oversaw the conviction of the former president Jair Bolsonaro. Justice Alexandre de Moraes had been under Global Magnitsky sanctions, which target … Read more

Brazilian president Lula called police assault on two of Rio’s largest clusters of favelas ‘disastrous’ and a ‘massacre’ Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has said his government will seek an independent investigation into what he called a “disastrous” police “massacre” that left at least 121 people dead. Four officers and at least 117 … Read more

Residents of Vila Cruzeiro gather bodies after more than 130 were killed in pre-dawn assault Day had yet to break over Vila Cruzeiro but already dozens of corpses were splayed out along the favela’s main drag after more than 130 people were killed during the deadliest police operation in Rio’s history: grotesquely disfigured, blood-smeared bodies … Read more

Governor says city ‘at war’ after gunfights between troops and Red Command drug traffickers who reportedly used weaponised drones At least 60 people have reportedly been killed in Rio’s worst-ever day of violence as more than 2,500 officers and special forces stormed an area of favelas near Rio’s international airport that is considered the headquarters … Read more

Conservationists argue president’s oil expansion plans clash with his image as a global leader on climate change Brazil’s Petrobras has been given permission to drill for oil near the mouth of the Amazon River, casting a shadow over the country’s green ambitions as it prepares to host UN climate talks. Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, … Read more

Driver lost control of bus in Saloá in Pernambuco state and cause of accident is under investigation A passenger bus in north-eastern Brazil has crashed into a sand embankment and flipped on its side, killing 15 people, local authorities have said. The bus was carrying about 30 passengers, police said on Saturday, but the number … Read more

Habit of rising early for live streams growing rapidly, suggesting Brazil is testing ground for religious influencers Psychologist Cláudia Rodrigues de Oliveira Barbosa, 54, needs to be at work by 7.40am, but she wakes up at 3.40am – not because she has a lengthy commute, but to watch a “dawn prayer” livestream on YouTube. She … Read more

Presidents spoke on a video call as expert speculates that Haiti could be an area where the two leaders can cooperate Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has urged Donald Trump to scrap tariffs on his country’s imports and sanctions against its officials, as the two men held what the Brazilian presidency called a … Read more

The 62-year-old Chinese landscape architect was killed with three others while filming in the Pantanal wetlands Kongjian Yu, one of the world’s most famous landscape architects, has reportedly been killed in a plane crash in Brazil’sPantanal wetlands while making a film about his work. Yu, 62, was flying to a ranch in Mato Grosso do … Read more