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Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has urged Donald Trump to scrap tariffs on his country’s imports and sanctions against its officials, as the two men held what the Brazilian presidency called a “friendly” video call, swapping phone numbers after months of friction. Ties between the US and Brazil have nosedived as a result of Trump’s campaign to pressure …

SAO PAULO — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been taken to a hospital in capital Brasilia after feeling sick, his son said on Tuesday. Bolsonaro has shown recurring intestinal issues since he was stabbed while campaigning in 2018, including at least six related surgeries, the last one being a 12-hour-long procedure in April. His son, Flavio, said in a …

Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has defended the trial which saw his predecessor in office, Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to more than 27 years in prison for plotting a coup. In an opinion piece published in the New York Times, Lula dismissed the description by US President Donald Trump of the trial as a “witch hunt”, saying that it …

A man who previously 95 percent of his body covered in tattoos has revealed his jaw-dropping transformation after having the ink lasered off. Leandro de Souza was once known as Brazil’s most tattooed man, was covered from the top of his head downwards in hundreds of tattoos after beginning his journey into body modification at the age of 13. His …

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil requested consultations at the World Trade Organization over tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump against the South American nation that went into effect on Wednesday. Trump has directly tied the 50% tariff on many imported Brazilian goods to the judicial situation of his embattled ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, who is currently under …

Sao Paulo — A justice on Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered the house arrest Monday of former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his defeat in the 2022 election – a case that has gripped the South American country as it faces a trade war with the Trump administration. Justice Alexandre …

Donald Trump’s unprecedented attack on Brazil’s judiciary  The Economist U.S. stiffens sanctions against judge at center of U.S.-Brazil feud  The Washington Post Trump accused of ‘attack on Brazilian democracy’ after sanctioning Bolsonaro trial judge  The Guardian Sanctioning Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes for Serious Human Rights Abuse  U.S. Department of State (.gov) US imposes sanctions on Brazilian high court judge  Reuters Source link

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Thursday that his government has not been successful in trying to negotiate the 50% tariff on Brazilian imports that U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose. Washington has ignored Brazil’s attempts to negotiate ahead of the measure’s expected implementation on Aug. 1., the Brazilian leader said. “Brazil …

SAO PAULO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump may have thought that pressuring Brazil with higher tariffs would help his ally, the country’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, but the move apparently backfired. Last week, Trump sent a letter to Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva threatening a 50% import tax and directly linking the decision to Bolsonaro’s trial, which …

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro has been ordered to wear an ankle monitor, authorities said on Friday, in a move he described as “a supreme humiliation.” The development came as federal police conducted searches at his home and his party’s headquarters in Brasília, in compliance with a Supreme Court order. The order prohibits Bolsonaro to leave …