As the World Climate Conference, COP30, is underway in Belem, Brazil, the disastrous consequences of environmental crimes are visible across the Amazon. This highlights an oft-overlooked fact in the fight to combat a warming world: Tackling organized crime is also key to safeguarding the climate. In the Amazon, criminal groups like the Comando Vermelho (CV), […]
One of the most gruesome operations in Latin America took place when a brutal police raid in Brazil left more than 120 people dead, amid shocking claims that officers decapitated a 19-year-old alleged gang member and displayed his head “like a trophy” during what authorities are calling the country’s deadliest-ever anti-gang operation.The crackdown began on […]
new video loaded: Why Trump Is Targeting a Brazilian Judge By Ana Ionova and Nikolay Nikolov•September 9, 2025 Tens of thousands of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro flooded streets in Brazil to protest the criminal prosecution of Bolsonaro on charges that he attempted to stage a coup in 2022. Ana Ionova, a correspondent for […]
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday denounced what he called “tariff blackmail” after the United States imposed a 50 per cent import charge on Brazilian goods.“Tariff blackmail is being normalised as an instrument for market conquest and to interfere in domestic affairs,” Lula said during […]
Video credits: X @ActualidadRT A tragic incident unfolded in Bacabal, northeastern Brazil, when a TV reporter standing in the middle of a river was alarmed after he unknowingly stepped on the body of a missing 13-year-old schoolgirl while filimg a live segment about her disappearance. A video of the incident captures the reporter suddenly flinching […]
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro shows an electronic ankle monitor that the Supreme Court ordered him to wear. (Image: AP) BRASILIA: A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has threatened former president Jair Bolsonaro with imprisonment, arguing that the sharing of a speech of his by online users was a “violation” of a social media ban, according […]
Jair Bolsonaro, the former president of Brazil, has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, the Supreme Court of the country said. The development followed federal police raids on Bolsonaro’s residence and his party’s headquarters in Brasília, carried out under the order, reported AP. As part of the order, the former president is barred from […]
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro (AP) Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has admitted at his trial in the Supreme Court that he allegedly took part in meetings to seek “ alternative ways” to remain in power after his defeat in the 2022 elections. But he has denied involvement in staging any coup. After two hours […]
Sebastiao Salgado, a celebrated Brazilian photographer whose striking images of humanity and nature in the Amazon rainforest and beyond won him some of the world’s top honours and made him a household name, died Friday in Paris.He was 81.His death was announced by Instituto Terra, the environmental nonprofit that he and his wife founded in […]
Brazilian police arrested two people over an alleged plot to bomb Lady Gaga’s concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Saturday.The planned attack was foiled during a joint operation between Rio de Janeiro’s civil police and the justice ministry, officials said on Sunday.Authorities believe the group behind the plot had been spreading hate […]
