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Bolsonaro forced to bring forward Brazil’s national vaccination campaign
- World
- January 18, 2021, 17:38
Brazil started its national vaccination campaign against coronavirus on Monday, with doubts over the country’s capacity to produce enough doses to bri(...)

Bolsonaro eyes Trump gameplan for undermining Brazil’s elections
- World
- January 12, 2021, 20:00
To the surprise of few Brazilians, their president Jair Bolsonaro declined to criticise Donald Trump for inciting a mob into attacking the US Capitol (...)

Argentina on the cusp of legalising abortion, a rarity in Latin America
- World
- December 27, 2020, 19:00
The Senate in Argentina will on Tuesday debate a Bill that, if it passes into law, would make the country by far the largest in Latin America to legal(...)

Latin America faces major hurdles in Covid vaccine roll-out
- World
- December 26, 2020, 01:00
Having borne the brunt of the coronavirus pandemic, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean will enter 2021 knowing they face huge challenges(...)

Rio mayor arrested on corruption charges before leaving office
- World
- December 22, 2020, 16:35
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro was arrested on charges of corruption and obstruction of justice on Tuesday, just nine days before the end of his mandate.(...)

Coronavirus: Pence receives vaccination live on TV
- World
- December 18, 2020, 07:04
US vice-president Mike Pence has received his first coronavirus jab live on TV alongside his wife Karen and US surgeon general Jerome Adams. The trio(...)

Bolsonaro looks to be working against a vaccination programme for selfish reasons
- World
- December 13, 2020, 15:25
Margaret Keenan appeared all over Brazilian media last week. As the first person in the world to get a jab as part of a mass vaccination programme aga(...)

Boeing 737 Max restarts commercial flights with Brazil’s Gol
- Transport & Tourism
- December 9, 2020, 16:05
Brazil’s Gol became the world’s first airline on Wednesday to fly the Boeing 737 Max commercially since the planes were grounded 20 months ago followi(...)

The Irish Times view on Brazil’s elections: a shot across the bow
- Editorial
- December 1, 2020, 18:30
First Donald Trump, then Jair Bolsonaro. In the aftermath of significant election defeats for the populist twins of America north and south, some are (...)

Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon surges to 12-year high under Bolsonaro
- World
- December 1, 2020, 07:10
Deforestation in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged to a 12-year high in 2020, official government data showed on Monday, with destruction soaring sinc(...)