BRAZIL

Brazil: MERCOSUR assesses future after delay in deal with EU

Published on: December 19, 2025
10:17

Brasilia, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) The foreign ministers of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) will hold a key meeting to define the bloc's future after another delay announced by the European Union (EU) in signing the trade deal.

Lula inaugurates integration bridge between Brazil and Paraguay

Published on: December 19, 2025
08:15

Brasilia, Dec 19 (Prensa Latina) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is scheduled to participate in the inauguration ceremony of the so-called Integration Bridge between Brazil and Paraguay over the Parana River.

Lula is being pressured to block reduced sentences for coup plotters

Published on: December 16, 2025
08:45

Brasilia, Dec 16 (Prensa Latina) Allies of the Brazilian government are pressuring President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to block the sentencing bill, which could reduce the sentences for the coup attempts of January 8, 2023.

Brazilian method to combat dengue, among scientific advances 2025

Published on: December 11, 2025
09:39

London, Dec 11 (Prensa Latina) The first global agreement on pandemics, the hadal zone (the lowest layer of the universe), and the Wolbachia method are among the 10 most important discoveries of 2025, published by the journal Nature.

Brazil: Bolsonaro could become eligible for parole in 2037

Published on: December 4, 2025
09:42

Brasilia, Dec 4 (Prensa Latina) Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, currently serving a sentence in a closed prison for coup plotting, could be transferred to a semi-open prison on April 23, 2033, and become eligible for parole on March 13, 2037.

Brazil’s Electoral Court evaluates voting machines for 2026

Published on: December 2, 2025
11:05

Brasilia, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's Superior Electoral Court (TSE) is conducting public tests of electronic voting machines, 10 months before the 2026 presidential elections.

PT-Brasil warns of geopolitical crisis between the US and Venezuela

Published on: December 2, 2025
06:56

Brasilia, Dec 2 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's ruling Workers' Party (PT) warned about the escalating tension between the United States and Venezuela, marked by statements, unilateral actions, and military movements that threaten regional stability.

Uruguay applies tax benefits on its border with Brazil

Published on: December 1, 2025
11:17

Montevideo, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay begins implementing new tax benefits for businesses on the border with Brazil today, aiming to reduce the unfavorable exchange rate difference.

Bolsonaro has no options in Brazil to reduce his sentence

Published on: December 1, 2025
11:11

Brasilia, Dec 1 (Prensa Latina) The attempt by Jair Bolsonaro's family to reduce the former Brazilian president's lengthy prison sentence for leading a coup took a new turn today after it was revealed that one of his sons brought him books of pastimes and pastimes in prison.

Bolsonaro’s party suspends his salary after imprisonment

Published on: November 28, 2025
10:40

Brasilia, Nov 28 (Prensa Latina) Brazil's conservative Liberal Party (PL) has suspended Jair Bolsonaro's salary after the former president began serving his more than 27-year sentence in pretrial detention for attempted coup, it was learned.

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