Brazil

  • Jun 27, 2019
  • 2 min read

Cocaine arrest may raise new Brazil anti-crime doubts

A member of the Brazilian Air Force has been arrested in Spain, allegedly in possession of a large amount of cocaine

Brazil
  • Jun 26, 2019
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Brazil to end-2019

The country could return to recession, as confidence falls and political divisions mount

Brazil
  • Jun 10, 2019
  • 7 min read

Brazilian democracy is at risk of eroding

Polarisation, economic woes and clashes between the executive and other government branches are raising stability fears

Brazil
  • Jun 7, 2019
  • 2 min read

Argentina-Brazil integration plans may fall flat

President Jair Bolsonaro visited Buenos Aires yesterday to discuss integration and the Mercosur-EU trade deal

Argentina
  • Jun 6, 2019
  • 2 min read

Ministry acts on illegal logging claims in Brazil

The environmental authorities have mounted a major operation after satellite evidence of a rise in deforestation

Brazil
  • Jun 5, 2019
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Brazil deforestation data will increase policy doubts

The space research institute recorded a year-on-year increase in Amazon deforestation in May, the start of peak season

Brazil
  • Jun 3, 2019
  • 2 min read

Diplomatic moves will not shift Venezuela's Maduro

Canada will temporarily close its embassy in Caracas, but Brazil may backtrack on ties to the 'interim government'

Venezuela
  • May 31, 2019
  • 2 min read

Political stalemate may drive new recession in Brazil

GDP contracted in the first quarter for the first time since 2016

Brazil