Brazil’s central bank is facing extraordinary scrutiny over its decision to liquidate Banco Master SA, a rare instance of judicial intervention that risks undermining the legal certainty of its regulatory decisions.

Brazil Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes on Friday ordered the preventive detention of the former head of the country's federal highway police, who was captured in Paraguay, according to a court document seen by Reuters and information from two people familiar with the matter.

Brazil’s lower house speaker Hugo Motta has decided to remove two lawmakers close to former President Jair Bolsonaro from their seats in the latest blow to the far-right leader serving a 27-year jail

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva told journalists that those who committed crimes against Brazilian democracy “will have to pay for their acts.”

Brazil’s annual inflation slowed to within the central bank’s tolerance range for the first time in 14 months in November, just as policymakers prepare for their final meeting of 2025.

The Japanese government will conduct an audit to assess Brazil's beef sanitary system in March 2026, as part of the process to open its market to Brazilian products, Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said on Friday.

Terrorism for accelerationism, then we get the military supplies to everyone and start war,” a group chat leader wrote on the encrypted platform Signal in October 2024, to almost 150 members spread across Europe,

The Hanbit-Nano rocket, developed by South Korean aerospace company Innospace, crashed shortly after lifting off from northeastern Brazil.

Ancelotti took charge of the remaining four matches of Brazil’s 2026 World Cup qualifying campaign. He oversaw two wins, one draw and one loss to finish fifth in South America’s round-robin qualifying format, ensuring that the nation’s record of qualifying for every edition of the tournament remained intact.