Brazil

Biden begins six-day trip to international summits in South America as world braces for Trump presidency

By Aamer Madhani, Isabel DeBre, Associated Press

Biden heads to Peru on Thursday for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit just as world leaders are assessing what President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House means for their countries.

As record acreage burns in Brazil’s Amazon, criminals are exploiting rainforest to clear land

By Fabianno Maisonnave, Associated Press

Brazil's Amazon dry season just ended with a staggering 846% increase in burned forest area compared to the year before.

Brazil’s trailblazing transgender candidates face violence and death threats as they campaign

By Eléonore Hughes, Associated Press

As trans people have set their sights on political office, many have been met with intimidation efforts bent on turning them away, including a candidate in Brazil’s biggest city who survived an assassination attempt last week.

Musk’s X asks to be reinstated in Brazil after complying with judge’s orders, source tells AP

By Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

X complied with orders to block certain accounts from the platform, name an official legal representative in Brazil, and pay fines imposed for not complying with earlier court orders, Elon Musk's lawyers said in a petition filed Thursday, according to a…

WATCH: Brazil’s Lula calls for greater climate action, cites Amazon wildfires

By Mauricio Savarese, Diarlei Rodrigues, Associated Press

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva mentioned the fires ravaging the rainforest back home — but not the fact they're adding to criticism of his administration's own environmental stewardship.

Brazil faces its worst drought as wildfires rage and Amazon River falls to record low

By Fabiano Maisonnave, Associated Press

Brazil is enduring its worst drought since nationwide measurements began over seven decades ago.

Brazilian music legend Sergio Mendes of ‘Mas Que Nada’ fame dies at 83

By David Biller, Gabriela Sá Pessoa, Associated Press

Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a global superstar and helped launched a long, Grammy-winning career, has died after months battling the effects of long COVID.

Brazilians turn to new digital outlets after ban of Musk’s X

By David Biller, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press

Brazil’s social masses are primarily on TikTok, Instagram and Facebook. But X had outsize influence in terms of newsmakers, agenda setting and thought leaders.

Brazilian judge suspends Musk’s X platform for refusing to name a legal representative

By Barbara Ortutay, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk’s social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country, according to a copy of the decision seen by The…

How a Brazilian Supreme Court judge could block Elon Musk’s X from the country

By Associated Press

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice could shut down the local operation of X nationwide if its billionaire owner Elon Musk doesn't name a legal representative.