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November 6, 2025 12:28 PM

Scientists in Brazil starve trees of water to test Amazon’s limits

Under Brazil's Amazon rainforest canopy, hundreds of transparent plastic panels hang between tree trunks to starve a hectare of land of half the water it normally receives. Scientists are creating this artificial drought in Querencia municipality close to the southeastern edge of the world's largest rainforest to better understand the limits of the Amazon's resistance to extreme dry conditions that are predicted by climate change models. In the experiment, called Seca Limite, or Limit Drought,...

November 5, 2025 4:00 PM

EU agrees weakened climate target in final-hour deal for COP30

EU climate ministers agreed a 2040 climate change target in the early hours of Wednesday after watering down the goal in last-minute negotiations, as they raced to clinch the deal before the U.N. COP30 summit in Brazil. After negotiating late into Tuesday night, climate ministers from European Union countries approved in a public vote a compromise to cut emissions 90% by 2040, from 1990 levels, but with flexibilities to weaken this aim. The weakened target would let countries buy foreign carbo...

October 29, 2025 7:36 PM

More than 40 bodies seen in street after Rio’s deadliest police operation

More than 40 dead bodies were seen on a street in Rio de Janeiro's Penha favela complex early on Wednesday, according to a Reuters witness, a day after the most lethal police operation in the city's history targeting a major gang. Rio de Janeiro state authorities said on Tuesday that at least 64 people, including four police officers, were killed in the raids. An updated death toll is expected later on Wednesday. The bodies were brought to the street by residents who went looking for their mis...

October 16, 2025 10:21 PM

Brazil’s Vice President Geraldo Alckmin lauds Ayurveda during visit to AIIA, New Delhi

Vice President of Brazil Geraldo Alckmin on Thursday praised Ayurveda as a “5,000-year-old treasure of health and wisdom” during his visit to the All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in New Delhi. The visit was part of his official trip to India, aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation in health, traditional medicine, and trade. Speaking at the institute, Alckmin said, “Ayurveda is a 5,000-year-old treasure of health and wisdom. I congratulate AIIA for its wonderful work in promoti...

October 16, 2025 9:56 PM

India, Brazil agree to deepen MERCOSUR-India trade pact

India and Brazil on Thursday agreed to significantly expand their existing trade agreement between India and the MERCOSUR bloc, aiming to enhance bilateral trade and investment. The understanding was reached during a meeting held in New Delhi between Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and Vice President of Brazil and Minister of Development, Industry, Trade and Services Geraldo Alckmin. The two leaders welcomed the mutual interest of India and MERCOSUR member states in deepening the ex...

September 22, 2025 8:56 PM

India, Brazil launch Maitri 2.0 to boost agri-innovation and strengthen bilateral cooperation

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Monday launched the second edition of the Brazil–India Cross-Incubation Programme in Agritech (Maitri 2.0) in New Delhi, aimed at fostering innovation-driven growth and collaboration between Indian and Brazilian agritech ecosystems. The event was graced by Dr. M. L. Jat, Secretary (DARE) & Director General (ICAR), and Kenneth Nobrega, Ambassador of Brazil to India, along with senior officials and representatives from leading Brazilian ...

September 8, 2025 10:27 AM

Bolsonaro supporters rally in Brazil as coup trial nears verdict

Thousands of supporters of former far-right Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro staged protests across several cities on Sunday, days ahead of the conclusion of his trial for allegedly plotting a coup after losing the 2022 presidential election. Demonstrators in Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo waved Brazilian flags alongside some U.S. flags, in what appeared to be a nod to President Donald Trump, who has called the legal proceedings against Bolsonaro a "witch hunt." Trump also has imposed...

August 13, 2025 12:48 PM

US losing out on China soybean sales as Brazil fills key supply period

U.S. soybean exporters risk missing out on billions of dollars worth of sales to China this year as trade talks drag on and buyers in the top oilseed importer lock in cargoes from Brazil for shipment during the key U.S. marketing season, according to traders. Chinese importers have completed booking soybean cargoes for September, taking around eight million metric tons, all from South America, three traders told Reuters. For October, Chinese buyers have secured about four million tons - half o...

July 18, 2025 9:22 AM

Lula says he won’t take orders from foreigner Trump, calls tariffs blackmail

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday said he would not take orders over tariffs from a foreigner, referring to U.S. President Donald Trump, and later called the United States' threatened duty "unacceptable blackmail." The comments, made during two separate events, mark a continuation of a spat between the two leaders that escalated when the U.S. announced a 50% tariff on Brazil last week. Trump attributed the tariff, set to start in August, to Brazil's treatment of former ...

July 16, 2025 9:43 AM

US launches probe into Brazil’s trade practices, digital payment services

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said on Tuesday he had launched an investigation into Brazil's "unfair" trading practices, a week after President Donald Trump threatened a 50% tariff on imports from Latin America's largest economy. Trump's trade war, launched since starting his second term in January, sets tariffs on nearly all U.S. trading partners, aiming to reorder the global economy and end decades of what he calls discrimination against the United States. The USTR investigation, ...