Lula's balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities
Brazil's president must balance rainforest protection, emissions reduction and social development while confronting domestic political divisions and projects that open the Amazon to extractivism.
Bolsonaro ordered to pay damages for racist remarks in office
Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to pay R$1m for racist remarks comparing a Black supporter’s afro to cockroaches, a ruling judges called recreational racism.
Anatomy of a coup plot: why Jair Bolsonaro is on trial
Soldiers allegedly planned to assassinate Lula, his vice-president and a supreme court justice as part of a broader plot to keep Jair Bolsonaro in power.