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France's Macron embraces Brazil's Lula — and the memes poking fun at their 'wedding'

Mar. 28, 2024 23:17 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — If social media is to be believed, French President Emmanuel Macron's trip to Brazil that ended Thursday left him swooning. Pictures showed him and his Brazilian counterpart, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, ambling through the Amazon and posing beneath the soaring...

France's Macron tells Brazilian execs that prospective Mercosur-EU deal is 'terrible' and outdated

Mar. 27, 2024 19:38 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron told Brazilian executives on Wednesday that a proposed deal between the European Union and the South American trade bloc Mercosur is bad for both parties. Speaking at a forum in Sao Paulo, Macron said the Mercosur-EU deal is...

The presidents of France and Brazil meet and announce a $1.1 billion investment plan for the Amazon

Mar. 26, 2024 23:19 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — The Brazilian and the French presidents on Tuesday announced a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) in the Amazon, including parts of the rainforest in neighboring French Guiana. The two countries' governments said in a joint statement the money will be...

Brazilian police arrest suspected masterminds behind the killing of councilwoman-turned-icon

Mar. 24, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s federal police arrested two men Sunday for allegedly ordering the killing of a popular Rio de Janeiro councilwoman in 2018, a long-awaited step after years of society clamoring for justice. The assassination of Marielle Franco, a 38-year-old city...

The ‘Taylor Swift effect’ aims to provide water during Brazil's life-threatening heat waves

Mar. 23, 2024 00:04 AM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian climatologist Núbia Beray Armond for years had been sounding the alarm about Rio de Janeiro's need for an extreme heat plan including water distribution. Interest was tepid until a disastrous Taylor Swift concert — and now her phone won't stop ringing. ...

Several probes target Brazil's Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

Mar. 20, 2024 12:09 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's term wound down in the final days of December 2022, he had decided to skip the ritual of handing over the presidential sash to his successor, and instead made plans to travel abroad. But there was a problem, according to...

Brazil's Bolsonaro is indicted for 1st time over alleged falsification of his vaccination status

Mar. 19, 2024 17:21 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro was formally accused Tuesday of falsifying his COVID-19 vaccination status, marking the first indictment for the embattled far-right leader, with more allegations potentially in store. The federal police indictment released...

Brazil's Bolsonaro 'not afraid of any trial' over accusations he plotted to remain president

Mar. 16, 2024 15:30 PM EDT

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said Saturday he was “not afraid of any trial,” a day after documents released by the Supreme Court revealed that two top military leaders said the populist plotted to remain in power after losing the 2022 election. ...

Brazil military leaders told police Bolsonaro plotted to remain in power despite election defeat

Mar. 15, 2024 19:16 PM EDT

SAO PAULO (AP) — Two top Brazilian military leaders declared to police that former President Jair Bolsonaro presented them a plan for him to remain in power after the 2022 election he lost, but both refused and warned him they would arrest him if he tried it, according to judicial documents...

Brazil’s finance minister proposes global tax on the super-rich at G20 meeting in Sao Paulo

Feb. 29, 2024 18:18 PM EST

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s finance minister told his peers Thursday at a G20 meeting in Sao Paulo that countries should implement a global tax on the super-rich in an effort to tackle rampant tax evasion. Fernando Haddad said tax evasion can be resolved through international...