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Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
2 days ago

How Brazil's Instant Payment Network Pix Might Influence the Presidential Election

The Pix payment system is a key political issue in Brazil's upcoming elections, with President Lula defending it against U.S. concerns.
Cryptocurrency
fromnews.bitcoin.com
23 hours ago

Defying US Criticism, Brazil Mulls Pix's Globalization

Brazil's Central Bank plans to launch International Pix for cross-border payments, potentially disrupting traditional payment giants.
Right-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

It's not just Flavio': is surname-dropping son downplaying Bolsonaro connection?

Flavio Bolsonaro aims to run for president while distancing himself from his family's controversial legacy in Brazilian politics.
Environment
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 days ago

If they pollute our rivers, what will become of us?': the town divided between hope and fear in Brazil's Amazon oil rush

Oiapoque, Brazil, is poised for development through oil production, raising concerns about environmental impacts and Indigenous rights amid a global energy transition.
Social justice
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Green and Yellow: Two lines that separate me from my land

Palestinians commemorate Land Day, reflecting on historical dispossession and the enduring connection to their ancestral land.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

The security council has allowed unchecked power and brutality. To protect peace, we must reform the UN | Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

International law violations lead to chaos, with the UN's inaction and the rise of armed conflicts threatening global security and humanitarian principles.
#jair-bolsonaro
#brazil
Cryptocurrency
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 week ago

Brazil Passes Law Turning Seized Crypto Into Public-Security War Chest

Brazil's new law channels seized crypto from crime to public security initiatives, enhancing law enforcement powers against organized crime.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

They want to colonise us': Brazil's Lula warns of foreign interference

Brazilian President Lula criticizes US colonial approaches in Latin America and its interventions in countries like Cuba and Venezuela.
Left-wing politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Argentina grants asylum to Brasilia rioter in move that may sway Brazil vote

Argentina granted asylum to a Brazilian convicted of participating in the January 2023 pro-Bolsonaro riots, potentially affecting Brazil's political landscape.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro seeks court approval for visit from Trump official

Lawyers for former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have asked the country's Supreme Court to approve visits from Darren Beattie, a far-right adviser for the administration of United States President Donald Trump. A court filing revealed on Tuesday showed that Bolsonaro's lawyers were seeking to arrange a meeting with Beattie next week, either on March 16 or 17, during normal visiting hours.
Law
fromRealagriculture
1 week ago

Biofuels, Brazil, and the cost of war: Suderman outlines key forces shaping grain markets

"I think it surprised me how easily people are swayed by headlines," says Suderman, noting that wartime information flows are often strategic and conflicting. "You have to learn in a wartime to take everything with a grain of salt in the context of what you observe."
World politics
Left-wing politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 weeks ago

Brazil pulls visa of Trump adviser who asked to visit Bolsonaro in prison

Brazil revoked Darren Beattie's visa to prevent him from visiting imprisoned ex-President Bolsonaro, citing his misrepresentation of visit purposes and retaliating for US visa revocations of Brazilian officials.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

They're cancer': Trump threatens cartels, Cuba at Latin American summit

Trump launched the Americas Counter-Cartel Coalition at a South Florida summit, advocating military intervention over law enforcement to combat drug trafficking in Latin America.
US Elections
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 weeks ago

Colombia elects Congress, chooses presidential candidates amid US tensions

Colombians voted on Sunday to elect 102 senators and 182 representatives while selecting presidential candidates across three political blocs amid security concerns and U.S. pressure.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

Reform leads other parties in donations ahead of May elections

Reform UK received over 5.4 million in donations in the final three months of 2025, surpassing all other major political parties, with cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne contributing 3 million.
#us-latin-america-relations
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago
US politics

An ideological guest list': Trump invites Latin America's rightwing leaders to Florida summit

Trump is hosting Latin American leaders at a Miami golf resort to reassert US dominance in the region and counter Chinese influence through aggressive military and economic interventions.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Juan Gabriel Tokatlian: If Peru, Colombia, and Brazil shift to the right, the US will have the bulk of Latin America under its influence'

The Trump administration is reviving Cold War-era domination strategies toward Latin America, asserting U.S. power and demanding regional compliance through coordinated diplomatic pressure.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 weeks ago

Juan Gabriel Tokatlian: If Peru, Colombia, and Brazil shift to the right, the US will have the bulk of Latin America under its influence'

The Trump administration is reviving Cold War-era domination strategies toward Latin America, asserting U.S. power and demanding regional compliance through coordinated diplomatic pressure.
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Rift between Javier Milei and his vice president deepens with accusations of coup-mongering and corruption

In his opening address of the parliamentary year, while insulting and mocking opposition legislators, Milei alluded to an alleged conspiracy involving members of his government to try to overthrow him and with a rather unsubtle gesture, he seemed to point to Villarruel, seated behind him.
SF politics
Miscellaneous
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

In Chile, Boric and Kast's relationship collapses just one week before the handover of power

Chile's incoming far-right president Jose Antonio Kast suspended the transition process with outgoing left-wing president Gabriel Boric over disputes regarding a Chinese submarine cable project and alleged lack of transparency about U.S. sanctions.
Miscellaneous
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Bolsonaro's son ties with Lula for the first time in an election poll in Brazil

Brazilian President Lula faces a virtual tie with right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in a simulated runoff seven months before the October election, with both candidates suffering from extremely high disapproval ratings.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

The river won': how campaigners in Brazilian Amazon stopped privatisation of waterway

The river won, the forest won, the memory of our ancestors won, said the campaigners in Santarem when it was clear their actions had forced the Brazilian government into a U-turn on plans to privatise one of the world's most beautiful waterways and expand its role as a soy canal.
Environment
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Brazil does not want a new Cold War', says President Lula

I want to tell the US President Donald Trump that we don't want a new Cold War. We don't want interference in any other country; we want all countries to be treated equally, Lula told a news conference at the end of his three-day trip to India on Sunday.
World news
#brazilian-politics
fromThe Washington Post
1 month ago

Former congressman, brother guilty in murder of Brazilian politician

She was a Black and poor woman who dared to stand up to the interests of White, wealthy male militiamen. Franco had dared to fight land-grabbing operations in areas under the influence of then-congressman Chiquinho Brazão and Rio state auditor Domingos Brazão, brothers who led militias there, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said from the bench.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Brazil's Lula says Maduro should face trial in Venezuela, not US

I believe that if Maduro has to be trialled, he has to be trialled in his country, not trialled abroad, Lula said in an interview, emphasising that what matters now is to re-establish democracy in Venezuela. It has to be solved by the people of Venezuela, and not by foreign interference, said Lula, citing a history of US-backed dictatorships in Latin America, including Chile, Argentina and Uruguay.
World news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

Another big beast defection shows momentum is with Reform

While anyone drawing up a list of potential Conservative defectors to Reform UK would have put Suella Braverman near the top, this is still a big moment. Braverman is a former Conservative home secretary, a big beast of recent Tory history. And her switch emphasises the momentum Reform are showing in draining the Conservative Party. She is the fourth sitting Tory MP to join the party since the last election, and the third this month. The week before last it was Robert Jenrick, a week ago it was Andrew Rosindell, now Braverman.
UK politics
US news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Jose Maria Balcazar becomes Peru's eighth president in a decade

Jose Maria Balcazar was elected Peru’s president, replacing an ousted interim leader; he will serve five months and oversee upcoming presidential and legislative elections.
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Brazil's soy industry gives deforestation a green light

A moratorium that has protected vital rainforest since 2009 is on shaky ground as several players from Brazil's soy industry say they are pulling out. Specifically, the Brazilian industry association ABIOVE, whose members include global companies such as Cofco International, Bunge, Amaggi and JBS, have said they will no longer refrain from growing soy on deforested land. Environmentalists fear this could fuel a new wave of Amazon logging.
Environment
France news
fromThe Local France
2 months ago

EU countries override France to greenlight Mercosur trade deal

EU member states approved an EU–Mercosur trade deal to create a 700-million-person free trade area removing tariffs on over 90% of products.
#political-assassination
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Latin America: In the Shadow of the US | Ep 2 Wars

The 1980s bring revolutionary wars, CIA-backed conflict and the violent birth of a new democratic era. Episode 2: Wars begins with Nicaragua's Sandinista revolution, which promised egalitarian transformation through literacy crusades. But civil war erupted as United States President Ronald Reagan's administration covertly backed the Contra rebels, plunging the nation into turmoil and suffering. Panama transitioned from Omar Torrijos's diplomatic triumphs over the Panama Canal to Manuel Noriega's sinister collaboration with both the CIA and drug cartels.
US politics
#evo-morales
Miscellaneous
fromwww.dw.com
2 months ago

Central Europe's populists left reeling by Venezuela attack DW 01/10/2026

Viktor Orban praised Trump as a "man of peace" but reacted cautiously to the January 3 Venezuela raid, later framing it as eliminating a narco-state.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Brazil's Lula says Trump is attempting to create a new UN'

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has accused his United States counterpart Donald Trump of wanting to create a new UN, days after the US president launched his new Board of Peace initiative in Switzerland. Instead of fixing the United Nations, what's happening? President Trump is proposing to create a new UN where only he is the owner, Lula said in a speech on Friday.
World news
World politics
fromwww.dw.com
1 month ago

Argentines protest as lower house passes divisive labor bill

Argentina's lower house approved a labor reform increasing employer flexibility in hiring, firing, severance, and bargaining, provoking unions' strike over reduced worker protections.
#venezuela
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Economic debate takes center stage in Colombian election campaign

Economic topics—minimum wage increase, fiscal deficit, and taxes by decree—dominate public debate over security, corruption, and the environment in Colombia.
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Latin America: In the Shadow of the US | Ep 1 Coups

US-backed Cold War interventions in Latin America led to military coups, dictatorships, covert operations, resistance movements, regional repression, and lasting political instability.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Peru's president ousted in express impeachment' after just four months

Peru's interim president Jose Jeri was impeached and removed after secret meetings with Chinese businessmen triggered influence-peddling and hiring scandals.
World politics
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

Latin America seeks its own voice in a turbulent world

Seven Latin American heads of state convened in Panama at CAF's 2026 forum, turning a trade-focused meeting into a politically charged regional multilateral summit.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Rio carnival to offer towering tribute to Lula, the greatest Brazilian of all time'

Academicos de Niteroi will honor Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva with a 22-metre effigy and a parade depicting his life, achievements, and defense of democracy.
World news
fromBitcoin Magazine
1 month ago

Brazil Eyes 1 Million Bitcoin For National BTC Reserve

Brazil proposes RESBit, a national sovereign Bitcoin reserve to acquire 1,000,000 BTC over five years, integrate Bitcoin into reserves, and accept taxes in BTC.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Trump's other Latin American feud: why Colombia's Petro is not Maduro

Rising tensions between the US and Colombia involve Trump accusing President Gustavo Petro of drug trafficking, imposing sanctions, threatening military action, and Petro calling nationwide rallies.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 months ago

A Berlin Wall for the Latin American left?

Chavismo transformed from an inspiring leftist project into a bureaucratic-authoritarian system defined by repression, corruption, collapsed services, and diminished regional appeal.
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 month ago

Kidnappings and conservatives who defend minimum wage rises: Unpredictability defines the campaign in Colombia

No one is truly safe in Colombia as armed groups and pervasive insecurity threaten politicians and civilians ahead of upcoming elections.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Brazil's Bolsonaro finds novel way to reduce 27-year sentence: reading books

Jair Bolsonaro's lawyers appear to have been reading up on the country's penal code and have found a way to help their client reduce the 27-year prison sentence he received last year for plotting a coup: by reading books. There is only one problem: the former far-right Brazilian president has never been known as a bibliophile. Sorry, I don't have time to read, Bolsonaro once declared. It's been three years since I read a book.
World news
World news
fromAxios
2 months ago

"Come get me": Colombian president's war of words with Trump escalates

Colombian President Gustavo Petro condemned U.S. actions in Venezuela, warned against strikes and arrests, and faced public accusations from President Trump over cocaine trafficking.
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