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Brazil - Page 2

August 26, 2023
Columns/Education/Human Rights

Profit Trumps People and Planet in Brazil’s Eucalyptus Industry

Valued for its termite-resistant wood for building purposes, pulp to create products like writing and toilet paper, and its oil, which has numerous health and household benefits, the eucalyptus tree generates big

Brazil

The Role of the Brazilian Military in the Coup Attempt

The far-right mob that invaded the federal building, Congress, and the Supreme Court and vandalized government buildings at Three Powers Plaza in Brasília on January 8, demanded a “military intervention” in Brazil. They had set up camps that had assembled in front of army

January 20, 2023

A Criminal Attack on Democracy: Why Brazil’s Fascists Should Not Get Amnesty

Brazil/Diplomacy

From all the excited cries echoing from the red tide that took over Brasília during Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s (known as Lula) inauguration as the Brazilian President

Lula never left Brazil’s centre stage

Brazil/Politics

The former president of Brazil Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, popularly known as Lula, has won the country’s presidential election by an incredibly narrow margin of

US Moves to Lock Down Critical Minerals Amid Global Supply Fears

April 2, 2026
Business

The United States has secured access to rare earth metals from Brazil through a $565 million loan to the mining company Serra Verde, ensuring that American industries—from defense to technology—can obtain the

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China Enters Brazil’s $20 Billion Food Delivery Battle

March 16, 2026
Business

Brazil’s booming $20 billion online food delivery sector has become the latest front in a high-stakes clash between local incumbent iFood and Chinese-backed newcomers Keeta and 99, according to reporting by the

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India and Brazil Sign Major Mining Pact to Boost Steel Sector

February 22, 2026
Business/Trade Wars

India and Brazil took a significant step to strengthen bilateral trade on Saturday, signing a pact aimed at expanding cooperation in mining and minerals. The agreement, inked during Brazilian President Luiz Inacio

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Chalco and Rio Tinto Acquire Controlling Stake in Brazil’s CBA for $886 Million

February 3, 2026
Geopolitics/News

China’s state-owned aluminium giant Chalco and Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto have agreed to acquire a controlling stake in Brazil’s Companhia Brasileira de Aluminio (CBA) in a transaction valued at US$886 million, marking

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Brazil’s Rare Earths Could Become Trump’s Newest Bargaining Chip

January 19, 2026
Business

As Washington and Brasília mend diplomatic fences, the United States is quietly eyeing Brazil’s vast but untapped rare earth reserves as a strategic alternative to China’s dominance in the sector, according to

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TikTok to Invest $37.7 Billion in First Latin America Data Center

December 4, 2025
Artificial Intelligence

TikTok parent company ByteDance Ltd. will invest more than 200 billion reais ($37.7 billion) to build a large-scale data center in Brazil, marking the company’s first infrastructure project in Latin America. The

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New Coronavirus in Brazilian Bats Shares Key Feature with Covid and MERS

October 29, 2025
Health

Scientists have identified a previously unknown coronavirus in bats in Brazil that carries a genetic feature found in the viruses responsible for Covid-19 and MERS, raising fresh attention to the global reach

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The Pix Factor: How Brazil’s Payment Revolution Shook Washington

October 22, 2025
Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The Trump administration’s July 2025 decision to have the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) investigate Brazil’s “attacks on American social media companies as well as other unfair trading practices,” followed

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Brazil’s Corporate Bond Market in Turmoil: Concerns Grow Amid Corporate Failures

October 22, 2025
Business

A series of corporate bond blow-ups in Brazil has raised alarms about the stability of Latin America’s largest economy, with parallels being drawn to recent jitters in the US credit market following

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Why Trump’s tariffs on Brazil will backfire

July 17, 2025
Columns/Geopolitics

US-Brazil relations have been heating up for a bit, but President Donald Trumpratcheted up the temperature on the Lula administration a week ago when he announced that the United States would slap

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