Brazil

Congress will allow a decree weakening deforestation controls to lapse

The divided centre-left will struggle to capitalise on the president's rising unpopularity

A majority of judges have voted to make LGBT discrimination a crime like racism

Declining exports to regional partners such as Argentina pose challenges to a sustained recovery in the auto sector

Congress has approved legislation allowing foreign airlines to operate domestic flights and carriers

The president seemingly has less than two-thirds of the votes he needs to get his pension reform through the Lower House

Social media represented a key campaign tool for the president, who is seeking to implement "new politics" the same way

The mining giant has warned that another tailings dam in Minas Gerais is at imminent risk of collapse