Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

Forest clearing reached record highs approaching 30,000 square kilometers per year in the ‌mid-90s

Brazil’s top electoral court ruled on Thursday Meta must adopt measures to immediately secure equal treatment of the two candidates

Students, activists and social media organisers have mobilised, but polls still show Flávio Bolsonaro ahead before this month’s decisive vote

If Flávio Bolsonaro wins, Brazil will be the latest country to swing right in Latin America, a trend championed by Donald Trump

Voting followed campaign marked by deep political divisions

Election campaign has offered meager policy debate, as both leading candidates skipped major TV debates

As Brazilians prepare to vote, frustration over living costs is weakening the president’s grip on his traditional base

Jair Bolsonaro may be behind bars, but his son Flávio is mounting a powerful bid to restore the family dynasty

Lula da Silva was cruising to victory – but an explosive controversy has shaken the political establishment and altered the dynamics of the race

Governments of Brazil and Mexico also involved, claims Argentinian president

Once eager to flaunt ties to Washington, the Bolsonaro camp is now struggling to contain a backlash fuelled by US tariffs and election controversy

Calls to replace scandal-hit presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro with his stepmother have exposed deep fractures on the right

Eduardo Bolsonaro sentenced to four years in prison after being found guilty of courting US interference

Abelardo de la Espriella’s win in the first round of presidential election suggests country could become latest in region to swing right

Catherine Connolly will meet Spanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez, but not her counterpart, the king of Spain

After winning two Golden Globes, the proudly puzzling thriller is up for the best-picture Oscar. And now the Brazilian president is on the phone

A supreme court corruption scandal and the Bolsonaro family’s return to the ballot threaten to derail hopes of political stability as Lula seeks a fourth term

Maduro’s capture seen as pivotal in ​US-Latin America relations

Global politicians need to understand that White House policy is driven by melodrama and instinct

Plot to assassinate his successor, Lula, and his running mate, failed when military chiefs refused to take part

The world’s most confusing dress code is even worse in the steamy Cop30 tropics

Operation in two favelas left 121 dead, including four police officers and two teens, with 99 people taken into custody

Fighting disinformation and conspiracy theories appear on summit’s agenda for the first time

Authorities say 437 people treated for injuries and about 1,000 displaced

Micheál Martin addresses world leaders ahead of Cop30 in Brazil, speaking of impact Storm Éowyn left on State

Far-right former president convicted of attempted coup, as Brazilians wait nervously for Trump’s response

The tariffs are the highest of any levy US president Donald Trump has imposed this year

Accusations of slow response to scandal hit president as polls began recovering from year-long slide

With an approval rating of just 24%, the erstwhile trade union boss has never been as unpopular

Charges come after two-year investigation into election-denying movement that culminated in riots

The film, based on the real story of the forced disappearance of a dissident in 1970s Brazil, is a box-office sensation in its native Brazil despite right-wing calls for a boycott

Car Wash inquiry dug up evidence of multibillion-euro kickbacks involving Brazilian companies but its progress has gone into reverse in a landscape of judicial overreach likely to favour former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro

President will remain in São Paulo until at least Thursday when he is due to undergo a follow-up CT scan

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva expected to leave hospital and return to Brasília at beginning of next week

President is ‘well’ following an operation to drain a bleed on his brain linked to a fall in October, government says

Serving and retired generals alleged to have led an effort to overthrow the 2022 election and murder the victors and the judge who oversaw the process

Leaders at summit trying to shore up response to climate change before Trump retakes the US presidency

Agenda of G20 meeting in Brazil highlights a shifting global order as US president-elect Donald Trump returns to power

Pablo Marçal hints at a run for presidency despite facing potential ban from future elections over forged medical report about rival Guilherme Boulos

São Paulo’s mayoral election had been uninspiring. Then Pablo Marçal threw his baseball cap into the ring