Brazil /tags/brazil Brazil en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:56:58 GMT Trump nominates Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez as ambassador to Brazil /government-politics/2026-06-02/trump-nominates-florida-house-speaker-daniel-perez-as-ambassador-to-brazil President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez to be ambassador to Brazil. Tue, 02 Jun 2026 10:56:58 GMT /government-politics/2026-06-02/trump-nominates-florida-house-speaker-daniel-perez-as-ambassador-to-brazil News Service of Florida ICE threats, ticket prices dampen the World Cup samba for Broward's Brazilian community /sports/2026-05-19/broward-brazil-world-cup-ice-tickets Brazilians — along with the green and yellow from the country's flag — dominate some stretches of Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach and Coconut Creek. The soccer-obsessed community celebrated when it was announced Brazil would be playing a FIFA World Cup match at Hard Rock Stadium. But steep prices and ICE threats appear to be muting the excitement. Tue, 19 May 2026 14:02:21 GMT /sports/2026-05-19/broward-brazil-world-cup-ice-tickets Carlton Gillespie In Colombia and Brazil, presidential candidates offer old solutions to old problems /americas/2026-05-14/in-colombia-and-brazil-presidential-candidates-offer-old-solutions-to-old-problems Abelardo de la Espriella in Colombia and Flávio Bolsonaro in Brazil have never appeared on the same stage, but they are running similar campaigns, reading from similar scripts, and looking toward the same set of foreign role models. Thu, 14 May 2026 15:00:00 GMT /americas/2026-05-14/in-colombia-and-brazil-presidential-candidates-offer-old-solutions-to-old-problems Guilherme Casarões and Carlos Ricaurte | The Conversation Brazil’s Lula to discuss fighting organized crime, tariffs in Trump meeting /americas/2026-05-07/brazils-lula-to-discuss-fighting-organized-crime-tariffs-in-trump-meeting Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva plans to discuss organized crime and tariffs with U.S. President Donald Trump, according to Brazil’s finance minister. Thu, 07 May 2026 14:43:31 GMT /americas/2026-05-07/brazils-lula-to-discuss-fighting-organized-crime-tariffs-in-trump-meeting ElĂ©onore Hughes | The Associated Press The Biden of Brazil? Lula's geriatric re-election bid risks the return of Bolsonarism /commentary/2026-04-09/brazil-lulas-re-election-biden-bolsonaro COMMENTARY Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is 80 and running for re-election, an egotistical move that may open the door to another reactionary Bolsonaro presidency — this time the son's. Thu, 09 Apr 2026 10:04:00 GMT /commentary/2026-04-09/brazil-lulas-re-election-biden-bolsonaro Tim Padgett 'I'm going there.' Oil drilling fuels a migrant surge in isolated city in Brazil's Amazon /americas/2026-04-08/im-going-there-oil-drilling-fuels-a-migrant-surge-in-isolated-city-in-brazils-amazon Exploratory oil drilling off the coast of Brazil's Amazon rainforest are reshaping life in Oiapoque, a small city in the poor state of Amapa that is receiving thousand of migrants looking for work. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 15:41:00 GMT /americas/2026-04-08/im-going-there-oil-drilling-fuels-a-migrant-surge-in-isolated-city-in-brazils-amazon Gabriela Sá Pessoa | Associated Press Brazil's Bolsonaro allowed to serve 27-year sentence at home due to ill health /americas/2026-03-24/brazils-bolsonaro-allowed-to-serve-27-year-sentence-at-home-due-to-ill-health A top Brazilian justice has granted former President Jair Bolsonaro permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health. Bolsonaro was put in intensive care for a few days because of kidney problems and inflammatory issues. Tue, 24 Mar 2026 18:55:33 GMT /americas/2026-03-24/brazils-bolsonaro-allowed-to-serve-27-year-sentence-at-home-due-to-ill-health Associated Press How crime in Brazil drags down the economy and heaps economic pain on the nation’s poor /americas/2025-12-11/how-crime-in-brazil-drags-down-the-economy-and-heaps-economic-pain-on-the-nations-poor Brazil’s “criminal economy” does not appear on any national balance sheet. Yet the cost of violence, contraband, tax evasion and environmental crime can be measured in the tens of billions of dollars every year and serves as a major drag on Brazil’s economic growth and stability. Thu, 11 Dec 2025 14:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-12-11/how-crime-in-brazil-drags-down-the-economy-and-heaps-economic-pain-on-the-nations-poor Robert Muggah | The Conversation World Cup comes into focus: Haiti, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina could play at the Hard Rock /sports/2025-12-05/world-cup-draw-miami-hard-rock At the draw for the 2026 men's soccer World Cup at the Kennedy Center in freezing Washington, D.C, there was pomp and glitz — and convoluted rules — as a host of celebrities, sports legends and President Donald Trump helped to flesh out the line-up of matches for the tournament's opening group stage. Fri, 05 Dec 2025 23:50:02 GMT /sports/2025-12-05/world-cup-draw-miami-hard-rock Matheus Sanchez 'We’re still worried': Dreamers in South Florida remain in legal limbo after 13 years /immigration/2025-11-19/daca-dreamers-florida-trump Murilo Alves, 28, is in his final year of medical school — a career path inspired by his experiences as an undocumented immigrant. Despite him saying that "everything changed" when he received DACA in 2012, Alves says he and the more than half a million Dreamers in the U.S. face an uncertain future. Wed, 19 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT /immigration/2025-11-19/daca-dreamers-florida-trump Anthony Cruz