
José Sarney, 96, Enters Intensive Care After Surgery
Former Brazilian president José Sarney, 96, is stable in intensive care in São Luís after abdominal surgery on Friday, his...
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Former Brazilian president José Sarney, 96, is stable in intensive care in São Luís after abdominal surgery on Friday, his...
October 10, 2026
Lula's campaign accuses Meta of favouring Flávio Bolsonaro on Instagram and will go to Brazil's electoral court before the 25...
October 10, 2026
Brazil zeroed federal gasoline taxes for 30 days on 9 October, a cut of about US$0.18 a litre, and raised...
October 10, 2026
A Brazil highway crash on the BR-393 near Barra do Piraí killed five members of a Juiz de Fora family...
October 10, 2026
Chief Justice Edson Fachin says he will archive the fake news inquiry Alexandre de Moraes ran since 2019, after reviewing...
October 10, 2026
Brazil resources explained for US readers: pre-salt oil, iron ore, niobium, soybeans, water and forests, and who profits from them...
October 10, 2026
Brazil security in 2026: violent deaths at their lowest rate since 2012, record police killings, two gangs on the US...
October 10, 2026
Brazil coffee exports to the US rose 86.4% in September as tariffs ended, and the US is again the top...
October 10, 2026
Brazil's federal prosecutors filed a Shell floods lawsuit seeking about US$108 million over the deadly 2024 Rio Grande do Sul...
October 10, 2026