A major competitor for U.S. commodities, Brazil leads the world in soybean exports. The country also surpassed the United States in 2023 as the largest corn exporter. In the last five decades Brazil's soybean yields increased more on average than the United States.

Brazilian Vice President Geraldo Alckmin on Thursday held a "positive" video call with U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that focused in part on U.S. tariff policy, the vice president's office said.

U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with China will give Brazilian agricultural exporters an opportunity to take an even bigger share of the Chinese market at the expense of American farmers, but it could also fuel already high food inflation in Brazil.

For years now, politics in Brazil have been the fun-house-mirror version of those in the United States. The dynamic was never plainer than it became last week, when Brazilian prosecutors formally charged the far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro ...

Dos Santos lives in the United States and is considered a fugitive in Brazil, where he faces an arrest warrant in connection with probes into the spread of disinformation and hate. Trump Media and ...

There were at least 40 cases last year in which thieves drugged travelers in their hotel rooms so they could steal their belongings.

But despite this dominance, sertanejo has little export potential. Few artists care about going global, says Mr Morel. That leaves funk (which Brazilians pronounce as “funky”) as the genre that could alter Brazil’s reputation. “We make music to be heard by as many people as possible,” says Kevin o Chris, a funk singer.

Brazil has become the world’s leading producer and exporter of cotton, the preeminence of United States. Brazil’s s cotton planted area reached a record 1.97 million hectares, driven by ...

A Brazilian Supreme Court justice has ordered the suspension of video-sharing platform Rumble in the South American nation for allegedly refusing to comply with court orders.

Dos Santos, who currently lives in the United States, is considered a fugitive in Brazil, as there is a warrant out for his arrest as part of investigations into the spreading of misinformation and hate. Rumble and Trump Media & Technology Group earlier ...

Jair Bolsonaro is lobbying for Trump to turn up the pressure on Brazilian authorities to halt what he terms legal persecution against him.

However Brazil soybean imports are expected to be larger from Mercosur partners. From January to September, soybean imports by Brazil totaled 528,000 tons, according to government data.