The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

Brazilians have been strikingly divided in their response to the trial and conviction of their former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat. A poll conducted shortly before the September 11 verdict found that 48% wanted to see Bolsonaro imprisoned while an almost equal proportion…

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) today is down -0.28 (-1.80%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) is down -5.60 (-1.22%). Sugar prices extended Wednesday's selloff today, with NY sugar slumping to a 4.25-year nearest-futures low and London sugar sliding to a 4-year low. Ramped-up sugar...

December arabica coffee (KCZ25 ) today is up +2.20 (+0.59%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25 ) is down -26 (-0.58%). Coffee prices are mixed today, with robusta sliding to a 1-week low. Long liquidation pressures are weighing on coffee prices due to forecasts for showers in Brazil's coffee-growing regions...

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

The unprecedented conviction of the former president is reshaping Brazilian politics.

A jaguar was captured on camera trap on an artificial island near the Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Dam. The only way it could have gotten there was a very long swim.

EU countries will seek Thursday to settle on an emissions-cutting plan to bring to a key UN conference in Brazil, as divisions on the bloc's green agenda threaten its global leadership on climate.

Bolsonaro's lawyers are likely to put his ill health forward as an argument for house arrest rather than prison following his coup conviction.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.36 (-2.26%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) closed down -6.70 (-1.44%). Sugar prices tumbled to 1-week lows on Wednesday and settled sharply lower as Brazil ramps up sugar production. Unica reported Wednesday that Brazil's Center-South...

December arabica coffee (KCZ25 ) on Wednesday closed down -33.70 (-8.23%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25 ) closed down -331 (-6.92%). Coffee prices plunged on Wednesday, with arabica posting a 1-week low. Long liquidation pressures hammered coffee prices, spurred on by forecasts for showers in Brazil's coffee-growing regions beginning...

Doctors for former President Jair Bolsonaro say they have detected early-stage cancer in skin lesions removed over the weekend from the 70-year-old politician following his conviction last week on attempted coup charges