America Brazil Brazil's government is intensifying raids against illegal gold mining in Indigenous territories, destroying equipment and enforcing new regulations, as President Lula is pushing to eliminate the practice
America Brazil A major anti-mining operation carried out in Brazil dismantled 277 illegal dredges in the Amazon, dealt a $193 million blow to criminal networks and exposed environmental and health damages
America Brazil Mining Policy Council has finally been installed and has set out to modernize Brazil's mining strategy by drafting a new national plan and launching studies on critical minerals, fees, oversight, and sustainable development integration
America Brazil Middle-class tax cuts and new levies on high earners and foreign dividends have been approved by government, who expressed confidence the Senate has backed the plan to promote fiscal justice before the 2026 election
America Brazil Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been sentenced to over 27 years in prison for attempting a coup, prompting condemnation from the US President Trump and raising tensions in US-Brazil relations amid threats of economic retaliation