TOPIC

/ people

Geraldo Alckmin

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.

Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro attends a rally in Sao Paulo in June 2025. Photo: AFP

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro in ICU with pneumonia

The ex-president, who is serving a 27-year sentence for an attempted coup, was moved from prison to a hospital in Brasilia.

14 Mar 2026 - 1:09AMvideocam

China-Latin America relations

Chinese steel hit with duties up to US$670 per tonne after Brazil dumping probe

19 Feb 2026 - 3:42AMvideocam

China-Latin America relations

Brazil scraps EV tariff break for Chinese carmaker BYD amid pressure from rivals

5 Feb 2026 - 3:25PMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Lula vetoes law cutting Bolsonaro’s 27-year jail sentence

Congress has the last word, however, and can in turn reject the president’s veto.

9 Jan 2026 - 1:23AMvideocam

Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (left) vetoed a bill to reduce Jair Bolsonaro’s coup sentence on the third anniversary of the January 8 insurrection. Photo: AFP

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Congress passes bill to cut Bolsonaro’s 27-year prison sentence

If successful, the legislation could see Brazil’s former president serve a little over two years in prison for coup plot.

18 Dec 2025 - 1:55PM

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s central bank chief says China’s low-cost imports have eased inflation

Gabriel Galipolo confirms imports from China have grown while their prices have fallen, easing inflation in Brazil in the short term.

2 Dec 2025 - 4:50AMvideocam

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro begins 27-year prison sentence for coup attempt

Top court closes the case against Brazil’s far-right former president, who was convicted of plotting a coup after his 2022 election defeat.

26 Nov 2025 - 1:05PM

Jair Bolsonaro is seen through the door of the Federal Police headquarters, where he is imprisoned, in Brasilia on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Americas and the Caribbean

Brazil’s Bolsonaro could be in jail within weeks after coup plot verdict upheld

The former president was convicted in September for attempting to prevent President Lula from taking power after the 2022 polls.

15 Nov 2025 - 3:41PM

India

‘Reason to be together’: India, Brazil boost ties amid US tariff tensions

Cooperation in ‘complementary strengths’ such as green energy could help advance efforts to limit global warming, observers say.

21 Oct 2025 - 8:00AM

China-Latin America relations

BYD opens massive Brazil plant, its biggest investment outside Asia

Built on a former Ford site, BYD’s Bahia plant is expected to create 20,000 jobs and cement its 74 per cent share of Brazil’s EV market.

15 Oct 2025 - 9:18AMvideocam

BYD founder and chairman Wang Chuanfu and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the BYD opening ceremony on Thursday. Photo: Handout

Donald Trump

Brazil’s Lula asks Trump to scrap tariffs as leaders agree to meet after ‘friendly’ call

Video call boosts prospects for cooperation despite months of tension over tariffs and the case against former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro.

7 Oct 2025 - 10:47AM

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva urged US President Donald Trump to lift punitive trade tariffs in their first official talks Monday after months of animosity. Photo: AFP

Aviation accidents

Chinese architect and Peking Univesity professor Yu Kongjian dies in plane crash

He is known for his concept of the ‘sponge city’, which first took off in China and was then adopted in countries from the US to Russia.

25 Sep 2025 - 1:19AM

Americas and the Caribbean

First 2 of 5 judges in Bolsonaro coup trial vote to convict

The panel is now only one vote away from convicting the ex-president, in a case that has angered US ally Donald Trump.

10 Sep 2025 - 5:40AMvideocam

United States

India to seek new trade partners, US deal in face of new Trump tariffs

New Delhi launches effort for new trade route around US, with potential partners including China, Russia, Brazil.

28 Aug 2025 - 6:43AMvideocam

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meets with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in New Delhi on August 19. Photo: Xinhua

United States

From friends to foes: what’s behind Trump’s Brazil-India wrath

Experts see Washington drawing new map, and the president’s frustration with Brasilia and New Delhi has put its contours into sharper relief.

14 Aug 2025 - 4:26PM