Following a history-making first Oscar win for the country with Walter Salles’s “I’m Still Here,” Brazil continues to pick up momentum as this year’s Country of Honor at the Marché du Film, which runs alongside the 78th Festival de Cannes from ...

Authorities in Brazil, the country with the world’s fifth largest number of internet users, have banned the social media platform X (formerly known as Twitter). The ban came into effect over the weekend. It followed a long-running battle between Elon ...

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said his country would respond to a newly announced 50% tariff rate on its exports to the United States with reciprocity. Lula cited a recently adopted Brazilian law that authorizes his government to take ...

The scenes of celebration across Brazil in Carnival season when Walter Salles’ I’m Still Here won the Best International Feature Film Oscar in March were akin to the country winning the World Cup. The excitement followed a post-pandemic record-breaking ...

A victory for Flávio Bolsonaro could keep Brazil trapped in a model of extractivism that has been part of the country’s history since the arrival of the Portuguese settlers in the 16th century.

Mr. Spektor is a Brazilian political scientist. He wrote from São Paulo, Brazil. President Trump has announced 50 percent tariffs on India and Brazil, two of the global south’s largest economies. He wants India to cut ties with Russia, even though ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lamaker and Pastor Sargento Isidorio holds a sign supporting the end of Brazil's six-day workweek schedule, that reads in Portuguese: "Workers have families and are not robots.

Brazilian cinema is riding high at the moment, led by Walter Salles' triple Oscar contender 'I'm Still Here.' By Scott Roxborough Europe Bureau Chief Brazil will be the official country of honor at this year’s Marché du Film, the Cannes film market, an ...

On October 25, a runoff election in #Brazil could change the political landscape of #LatinAmerica.In the first round, #FlavioBolsonaro, son of ex-president Jair #Bolsonaro, beat incumbent President Luiz Inacio #Lula da Silva by a little over two million votes.

Bill Gates scandalized much of the climate advocacy world late last month when he called for a "strategic pivot" in climate action. The Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist argued for shifting attention away from global temperature targets ...