https://www.scmp.com/rss/523059/feed The latest news and top stories on Geraldo Alckmin, the Vice-President of Brazil and chair of the Chamber of Foreign Trade (Camex). He has a background as an anesthetist before entering public service. His political career began in 1972, as a city councilor, mayor, state and federal deputy. He served four non-consecutive terms as Governor of São Paulo, making him the longest-serving governor of the state since Brazil's re-democratisation. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro has pneumonia and is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit, a hospital in the capital, Brasilia, said on Friday. Earlier in the day, Bolsonaro’s eldest son, Flavio, said on social media that his father was being transferred from prison to the hospital after waking up with chills and vomiting. “I ask for prayers that it not be anything serious,” Flavio wrote. He has said he would run for president this year, and recent polls show him and President... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3346564/brazils-jair-bolsonaro-icu-pneumonia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3346564/brazils-jair-bolsonaro-icu-pneumonia?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 13 Mar 2026 17:09:34 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Brazil has imposed anti-dumping duties on a broad range of Chinese steel products and hypodermic needles following two investigations that found the imports were being sold at unfairly low prices, harming domestic producers. Approved by the government’s foreign trade committee and signed by Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin in his capacity as trade chief, the measures apply for up to five years and target cold-rolled steel, coated flat steel and medical needles shipped from China. Cold-rolled steel... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343943/chinese-steel-hit-duties-us670-tonne-brazil-dumping-probe-concludes?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3343943/chinese-steel-hit-duties-us670-tonne-brazil-dumping-probe-concludes?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 18 Feb 2026 19:40:50 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Brazil has ended a temporary tariff exemption that allowed electric and hybrid vehicles assembled using imported parts from China to enter the country at sharply reduced costs, closing a measure that fuelled months of confrontation between the government, Chinese carmaker BYD and Brazil’s established automotive industry. The exemption expired on January 31 and was not renewed, the South China Morning Post confirmed with multiple sources on Wednesday. Companies such as BYD and Great Wall Motor... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342454/brazil-scraps-ev-tariff-break-china-carmaker-byd-amid-pressure-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3342454/brazil-scraps-ev-tariff-break-china-carmaker-byd-amid-pressure-rivals?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 05 Feb 2026 03:32:30 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s left-wing President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday vetoed a law dramatically reducing the prison sentence of former far-right leader Jair Bolsonaro, convicted last year of coup plotting. Lula vetoed the law adopted by Congress late last year on the third anniversary of major riots by Bolsonaro supporters in the capital Brasilia over his defeat by Lula in the 2022 elections. In scenes reminiscent of the 2021 US Capitol riots, thousands of demonstrators ransacked government... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3339240/brazils-lula-vetoes-law-reducing-bolsonaros-27-year-jail-sentence-riot-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3339240/brazils-lula-vetoes-law-reducing-bolsonaros-27-year-jail-sentence-riot-anniversary?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:03:41 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s Senate on Wednesday passed a bill to slash the prison term of far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted of plotting a coup after losing re-election to left-winger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Passed by the lower chamber last week, the bill now heads to Lula, whose expected veto could eventually be overridden by Congress. Bolsonaro, 70, began a 27-year prison sentence in November, and under current rules was expected to serve at least eight years behind bars before... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3336844/brazils-congress-passes-bill-cut-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3336844/brazils-congress-passes-bill-cut-bolsonaros-27-year-prison-sentence?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 18 Dec 2025 02:26:55 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Brazil’s central bank president, Gabriel Galipolo, said on Monday that China is exporting “disinflation or even deflation” to Brazil through a surge in low-cost imports, easing inflation. Speaking at an economics forum in Sao Paulo, Galipolo said Brazilian imports from China have grown while their prices have fallen, easing inflation in the short term but reflecting deeper imbalances in global trade. “It is, in a sense, offsetting an impact that would otherwise be even greater, both for the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334820/brazils-central-bank-chief-says-inflation-decreasing-due-low-cost-imports-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334820/brazils-central-bank-chief-says-inflation-decreasing-due-low-cost-imports-china?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 01 Dec 2025 19:46:49 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup, after he exhausted all appeals. The brash former army captain who fired up Brazil’s right and reshaped the country’s politics was ending a divisive career jailed in a small room at police headquarters equipped with a TV, mini-fridge, and air conditioning. Bolsonaro, 70, was convicted in September over a scheme to stop Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334148/brazils-bolsonaro-begins-27-year-prison-sentence-coup-attempt?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3334148/brazils-bolsonaro-begins-27-year-prison-sentence-coup-attempt?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 25 Nov 2025 20:44:15 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse Brazil’s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid. Bolsonaro lost the 2022 elections and was convicted in September for his efforts to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking power after the polls. Prosecutors said the scheme – which included plans to assassinate Lula and a top Supreme Court judge – failed only due to a lack of support from... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3332918/brazils-bolsonaro-faces-imminent-arrest-judges-uphold-coup-plot-verdict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3332918/brazils-bolsonaro-faces-imminent-arrest-judges-uphold-coup-plot-verdict?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Nov 2025 07:41:50 +0000 Biman Mukherji Biman Mukherji India and Brazil are doubling down on economic and climate cooperation in a bid to strengthen Brics and bolster the Global South’s negotiating power as both nations face rising trade tensions with the United States. Analysts say the push – announced during Brazilian Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin’s visit to New Delhi last week – is not just about shielding their economies from punitive US tariffs, but also about asserting influence on multilateral issues ranging from energy security to global... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3329689/india-brazil-forge-stronger-ties-global-south-influence-amid-us-tariff-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3329689/india-brazil-forge-stronger-ties-global-south-influence-amid-us-tariff-tensions?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:00:20 +0000 Igor Patrick Igor Patrick Chinese carmaker BYD inaugurated what it describes as its largest electric vehicle plant outside Asia on Thursday, highlighting Brazil’s bid to lead South America’s shift towards clean mobility while drawing renewed scrutiny of Beijing’s expanding industrial footprint. The opening of the vast Camacari complex in Bahia state brought together President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin, state and local officials and dozens of industry figures. It coincided with the roll-out... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3328433/byd-opens-massive-brazil-plant-its-biggest-investment-outside-asia?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3328433/byd-opens-massive-brazil-plant-its-biggest-investment-outside-asia?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 09 Oct 2025 17:15:50 +0000 Reuters Reuters Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and US President Donald Trump agreed to meet in person soon after a friendly video call on Monday, Brazil’s government said, boosting prospects for a thaw in bilateral relations that are at their worst in decades. During the leaders’ 30-minute call, Lula’s office said in a statement that he and Trump discussed their positive impressions of a brief encounter at the United Nations last month and exchanged phone numbers to open a direct line of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3328060/lula-asks-trump-scrap-tariffs-leaders-agree-meet-after-friendly-call?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3328060/lula-asks-trump-scrap-tariffs-leaders-agree-meet-after-friendly-call?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 06 Oct 2025 22:14:51 +0000 Reuters Reuters Chinese architect and Peking University professor Yu Kongjian died in a plane crash late on Tuesday in the vast Brazilian wetlands of Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazilian authorities said on Wednesday. Yu, 62, gained global relevance as an architect and urban planner after the Chinese government adopted his concept of “sponge cities” using nature-based solutions to absorb and retain water instead of concrete infrastructure to channel it away. The concept has since been adopted in hundreds of... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3326736/chinese-architect-yu-kongjian-dies-brazil-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3326736/chinese-architect-yu-kongjian-dies-brazil-plane-crash?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 16:15:25 +0000 Reuters Reuters Two Brazilian Supreme Court justices on Tuesday voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro of leading a criminal conspiracy to overturn the 2022 election, as they cast the first votes in the final phase of the ex-president’s trial. The five-judge panel is now one vote away from a majority convicting Bolsonaro of orchestrating an attempted coup to remain in power after his 2022 electoral defeat to leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. The charges stem from a federal police... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3324956/first-5-judges-bolsonaro-coup-trial-votes-convict?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/americas/article/3324956/first-5-judges-bolsonaro-coup-trial-votes-convict?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 09 Sep 2025 20:06:58 +0000 Khushboo Razdan,Igor Patrick Khushboo Razdan,Igor Patrick As Washington’s 50 per cent tariff on India took effect on Wednesday, among the highest in place against any country, New Delhi has settled on a hedging strategy – keep seeking a trade deal with Washington while actively searching for alternative trading partners. US President Donald Trump’s harsh move against Indian imports saw the Asian giant launch an urgent diplomatic push to route trade around the US – including with Brazil, China, Russia, Britain, Japan, Australia and the EU. Indian... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3323411/india-seek-new-trade-partners-us-trade-deal-face-new-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/diplomacy/article/3323411/india-seek-new-trade-partners-us-trade-deal-face-new-trump-tariffs?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 27 Aug 2025 22:33:57 +0000 Igor Patrick,Khushboo Razdan Igor Patrick,Khushboo Razdan As eight Brazilian senators settled into their seats on a flight to Washington on a dry winter evening last month, a single question overshadowed the deep political differences that separated some of them: could they stop the Americans from imposing a tariff that threatened to gut their country’s vital export revenues? They had begun to feel a sense of urgency weeks earlier, forcing them to put aside a stand-off between President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and former president Jair Bolsonaro that... https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3321759/friends-foes-whats-behind-trumps-brazil-india-wrath?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/us/economy-trade-business/article/3321759/friends-foes-whats-behind-trumps-brazil-india-wrath?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 13 Aug 2025 17:00:11 +0000