Brazil

TikTok to invest more than 200 billion reais in Brazil data centre

The project will fully rely on clean energy from wind energy parks

US President Donald Trump (right) on Nov 20 announced that "certain agricultural imports from Brazil should no longer be subject to the additional (40% surcharge)", handing Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a win.
PERSPECTIVE

Brazil offers lesson in winning the ‘Taco’ trade

Global politicians need to understand that White House policy is driven by melodrama and instinct

A fire at the summit venue forced an evacuation that disrupted talks for hours.

Draft COP30 deal drops effort for fossil fuel transition agreement

In the text released before dawn on Friday, all mentions of fossil fuels had been dropped

Indonesia is home to the world’s largest tropical rainforest outside the Amazon, with industries that contribute billions in exports and sustain millions of livelihoods.
THE BROAD VIEW

From Sumatra to Sao Paulo: practical lessons for COP30

Indonesia and Brazil show how forest protection is risk management and value preservation

"If we fail to move beyond speeches into real action, our societies will lose faith, not only in the COPs, but in multilateralism and international politics more broadly," says Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.

COP30, the moment of truth

People must be at the centre of political decisions about climate and the energy transition

US President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva talk as they meet on the sidelines of the 47th Asean summit in Kuala Lumpur.

Brazil and US to meet ‘immediately’ in search of tariff solutions, Lula says

Higher US tariffs on Brazilian goods have begun reshaping the global beef trade

Brazil produces almost 40 per cent of the world’s coffee and the country has undergone droughts every year since 2020, resulting in global coffee demand outstripping supply.

Expect to keep paying record prices for coffee

President Trump’s tariffs obscure another major factor driving up coffee prices: climate change

Judges voted 4-1 to convict Jair Bolsonaro (pictured) of plotting to overthrow Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva following his October 2022 election defeat by the left-winger.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro given 27-year term for coup plotting

BRAZIL’S Supreme Court on Thursday sentenced firebrand ex-president Jair Bolsonaro to 27 years in prison for coup plotting at the end of a landmark trial that divided the nation and drew US fury.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (pictured) gave his approval for a study of which retaliatory actions -- if any -- Brazil could take for the punishment imposed by Trump over the coup-plotting trial of his ally Jair Bolsonaro, two government sources said.

Brazil mulls reprisals for 50% Trump tariffs: government sources

BRAZIL is considering retaliatory trade measures against the United States, including tariffs, after President Donald Trump imposed 50-per cent levies on a range of Brazilian imports, government sourc...

GWM expects to sell 36,000 vehicles in Brazil in 2025, a 23%  increase compared to 2024 and higher than the 31,000-unit forecast announced earlier this year.

China’s Great Wall opens Brazil car plant, seeks site for second

Three models will be produced there – the Haval H6 and H9 sport utility vehicles, and the Power P30 pickup truck