Brazil

After 33 days of protests at a Cargill port in the Amazon over dredging plans seen as threatening the Tapajos River and rainforest, Brazil has revoked Lula’s decree allowing private waterway concessions, marking a major victory for Indigenous groups

A record 9,3 million international arrivals have been registered in 2025 in Brazil; the +24% increase on 2024 was driven by expanded air routes, targeted marketing, and VAT incentives for foreign businesses

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV has been eliminated in Brazil, that becomes the most populous country to achieve this milestone validated by WHO; universal health access, prenatal care, strong human rights protections are accredited for the result

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

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

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

The UN has urged Brazil to repeal its Parental Alienation Law, which allows courts to punish parents for allegedly turning children against the other parent, arguing it has been misused to strip mothers of custody and return children to violent fathers