Nigerian Groups Want Brazil’s JBS Deal Suspended Until Someone Explains It
The JBS Nigeria investment of US$2.5bn covers six plants, but civil society groups in Abuja want it suspended until safeguards...
September 4, 2026Topic
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A UN Committee Says Governments Should Make Banks and Insurers Contribute Over Slavery
A UN committee asked governments to make banks, insurers and other institutions that profited from slavery contribute to reparations. The...
September 2, 2026
Egypt Is About to Import More Corn Than Wheat, and Brazil Is Selling It
Egypt will import more corn than wheat for the first time in 2026/27, on USDA figures. Brazil shipped 5.54 million...
September 2, 2026
Brazil and South Africa Talk Trade as US Tariffs Push Them Together
Brazil South Africa trade deepens after US tariffs hit both: bilateral trade was about US$2bn in 2025, with minerals and...
September 1, 2026
Ceuta Photos Were Used to Invent a Moroccan Migration Wave in Brazil
A claimed wave of Moroccan migration to Brazil drew 13,400 mentions in a week. Official data show 57 Moroccan asylum...
September 1, 2026
Brazil Senate Fast-Tracks Rural Insurance Overhaul as El Niño Threatens Crops
Brazil's Senate is set to vote a rural insurance overhaul as El Niño threatens the 2026/27 crop, with subsidy funds...
September 1, 2026
Pianist Leonardo Hilsdorf to Perform in São Paulo and Curitiba
Pianist Leonardo Hilsdorf plays São Paulo on August 25 and Curitiba on August 28-29, 2026. See the programs and venues.
August 26, 2026
Aquarius Project Brings Free Shows to Rio’s Praça Mauá in September
Emicida, Leci Brandão and the Brazilian Symphony Orchestra play free at Praça Mauá on 19 September. The Aquarius Project event...
August 26, 2026
Bogotá Hosts Free Orígenes Festival with Sounds from Brazil, Mexico and More
Bogotá's Orígenes Festival runs 26-29 August with free shows by artists from Brazil, Mexico, Guatemala, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia.
August 26, 2026