Tag: South America
In Brazil and Latin America Organized Crime Now Combines Drugs with Legal Businesses
Latin America’s most powerful criminal groups have expanded beyond the drug trade – and ...
Brazil’s 13% Growth in Military Spending Places It as Leading Spender in South America
Brazil consolidated its position as South America’s leading defense spender during 2025, with a ...
Brazil’s Supreme Measures Against Bolsonaro Are More a Defense of Itself than of Democracy
On January 15, 2026, Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes ordered that incarcerated ...
The New Mercosur-EU Deal, With 700 Million Consumers and $150 Billion in Value, Has Some Losers as Well
On January 17, representatives of the EU and the Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and ...
Brazil Condemns Ex-President to 27 Years, Defies the U.S., and Enters the History Books
Four out of five members of Brazil’s supreme court have voted to convict the ...
Trump’s 50% Tariff on Brazil Reignites Fears the US Is Back to Its Meddling Game in Latin America
After much back-and-forth over several months, President Donald Trump announced on July 9, 2025, ...
The Return of Trump to the White House Is a Threat to Brazil and an Injection of Enthusiasm to the Extreme Right
In recent months, Brazilians have closely followed the US presidential campaign. Since 2016, whatever ...
Discovery of new species of giant anaconda, the world’s biggest snake, in the Amazon, shocks scientists
The green anaconda has long been considered one of the Amazon’s most formidable and ...
Bluewashing in Brazil: How an Ecotourism Project Is Expelling Indigenous Peoples from Their Land
When the notion of “ecotourism” was introduced in the late 1970s, it was intended ...
Pelé, We’ll Never Forget You for All the Joy You Brought the World
Pelé, soccer’s first global superstar, has died at the age of 82. To many ...