Brazil’s National Congress is due to vote on legislation preventing the government from signing international agreements imposing ‘discriminatory restrictions’.
The decision follows a dramatic breakdown of Germany’s three-party coalition government.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will not attend the COP29 climate summit because of political developments in Brussels, a Commission spokesperson said.
The EU’s top official Ursula von der Leyen has joined a growing list of climate stalwarts planning to give this year’s COP29 conference a miss. The European Commission confirmed its president would not attend the talks in Baku, Azerbaijan, next week — despite being listed on a schedule of speakers released yesterday. Von der Leyen […]
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres comes under fire from many quarters for his Moscow visit, but the EU defended his move.
In private bilateral talks, Putin welcomed offers by several BRICS leaders to mediate in Ukraine, even as he told them his forces were advancing on the battlefield.
The French leader was able to stall a Latin American trade deal in January. With negotiators again closing in on an agreement, he will struggle to repeat that feat.
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez wants to make the fight against disinformation a priority with a plan for “democratic renewal”, though the country’s conservative opposition has blasted it as an attempt to censor critical media.
Attempt to fend off influx of Chinese electric vehicles puts chances of EU-Mercosur trade accord at the November G20 summit in doubt.
Brazil’s telecommunications regulator said on Friday (30 August) it was suspending access to Elon Musk’s X social network in the country to comply with an order from a judge who has been locked in a months-long feud with the billionaire entrepreneur.
The presidents of Brazil and Colombia called Thursday (15 August) for fresh elections in Venezuela — a proposal quickly rejected by the opposition, who slammed the strongman for blocking a “political transition.”
Washington is aligning with the leaders of Brazil and Colombia, key regional interlocutors.
Even rightwing governments are joining in with G20-led push to make wealthy pay, with Italy doubling flat tax on foreign incomeBusiness live – latest updatesCalls for higher taxes on the super-rich are gaining traction and even conservative governments…
Venezuela’s opposition leaders on Monday (5 August) appealed to the army, the main pillar of support for President Nicolás Maduro, to turn on him and “take the side of the people” after his disputed reelection.
The socialist government in Caracas is facing its toughest electoral test in decades in a contest that will have ripple effects across the Americas.
The world’s 20 biggest economies (G20) agreed on Thursday (25 July) to work together to ensure the ultra rich are effectively taxed, in a declaration that seeks a balance between national sovereignty and more cooperation on tax avoidance.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (24 July) urged world leaders to work together and find solutions to hunger as he launched an initiative to tackle “the most degrading of human deprivations.”
Vice President Kamala Harris would enter the White House with working ties with some allied heads of state — others she’d have to build.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said Monday (22 July) he had been “scared” by Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro’s warning of a “bloodbath” if he loses elections on Sunday.
France’s rich-loving president now backs a plan to target them. There’s a high possibility it’s all just a bluff.
Leaders of the G7 wealthy nations gather in southern Italy this week against the backdrop of global and political turmoil, with boosting support for Ukraine top of the agenda.
Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul on Tuesday (7 May), with 90 reported dead and desperate survivors seeking food and basic supplies.
The presidents showered each other with affection and papered over the cracks on the war in Ukraine and a contentious trade pact.
Photos of French president’s three-day trip to Brazil to reaffirm countries’ partnership delight internet observersIf the official photos are anything to go by, Emmanuel Macron’s three-day trip to Brazil has been more romantic getaway than internationa…
President Emmanuel Macron and counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday (27 March) celebrated the launch of Brazil’s third French-designed submarine, which will help secure the country’s immense coastline, dubbed the “Blue Amazon.”
French president tells Brazil forum both parties need to be ‘much stronger’ on biodiversity and climateEmmanuel Macron has called a proposed trade agreement between the EU and South America’s Mercosur bloc a “very bad deal” that lacks proper climate co…
Brazil is building a submarine fleet with France’s help.
Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reaffirmed his readiness to seal a long-stalled trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur bloc during a meeting with Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez in Brasilia on Wednesday (6 March).
The bloc is overregulating — and it’s overreaching.
Fears of a regional escalation are increasing along with international calls for a cease-fire.
The UK Labour leader’s team has become a regular presence in Washington over the past year.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva committed to concluding the EU-Mercosur trade agreement in Berlin on Monday (4 December), despite the blowback the deal received from France and Argentina.
Brazilian president says that potential arrest of Russian leader would be a ‘judicial decision.’
Argentina says it intends to leave decisions on the trade deal to incoming President Javier Milei, who has threatened to quit Mercosur.
Argentina says it intends to leave decisions to incoming President Javier Milei.
The country’s membership would have taken effect on January 1, 2024.
Argentina elected right-wing libertarian Javier Milei as its new president on Sunday (19 November), rolling the dice on an outsider with radical views to fix an economy battered by triple-digit inflation, a looming recession and rising poverty.
Biden and Xi will probably skip it, but the summit will have Lula, the pope and King Charles. And yeah, Rishi Sunak.
The United Nations general assembly liveblog is now closed, but please see the following stories to stay on top of the day’s news:Zelenskiy accuses Russia of genocide and urges world leaders to attend peace summitWorld inching ever closer to a great fr…
While Biden talks up democracy on the world stage at UNGA, he’s got the UAW strike, impeachment inquiry and a son’s legal troubles to deal with back home.
Accelerating the end of coal-fired power, dramatically reducing deforestation and stopping methane leaks are as urgent as they are achievable.
A deal to expand the BRICS group of leading developing countries appeared stuck in eleventh hour negotiations at a leaders summit on 23 August, threatening to undermine the bloc’s ambition to give the “Global South” more clout in world affairs.
China on Tuesday (22 August) threw its weight behind plans to expand the loosely-defined BRICS club of large emerging economies, which is seeking to assert its political and economic clout on the global stage.
Leaders of the BRICS nations are due to open a summit in Johannesburg on 22 August where they will weigh expanding membership as some members push to forge the bloc into a counterweight to the West.
Experts say India concerned about expansion and any overt anti-west turn as leaders fly into South AfricaLeaders from developing countries representing almost half the world’s population including China and Russia are meeting in South Africa for a key …
BRICS leaders meet in South Africa next week to discuss how to turn a loose club of nations accounting for a quarter of the global economy into a geopolitical force that can challenge the West’s dominance in world affairs.
Shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy outlines ‘economic foreign policy’ pitch on trip to Brazil.
Eight Amazon nations agreed to a list of unified environmental policies and measures to bolster regional cooperation at a major rainforest summit in Brazil on Tuesday (8 August), but failed to agree on a common goal for ending deforestation.
Summit will be a major political and diplomatic test for the Brazilian leader.
Saudis view global gathering in Jeddah this weekend as chance to profile themselves as peace brokers in Ukraine war.
Despite the war it started in Ukraine and efforts by the West to paint Russia as a pariah state, Moscow can still count on support from several African, Latin American and Asian governments, including that of heavyweight China.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva criticised the European Union for making environmental demands during negotiations of a free trade deal.
EU and South American leaders reiterated their ambition to finalise an agreement by the end of 2023, though sustainability and agricultural market access concerns continue to pose challenges.
A summit between European, Latin American and Caribbean leaders on Tuesday (18 July) highlighted a rift over how to condemn Russia’s war in Ukraine as, until the last minute, they haggled over the final wording of the summit communiqué. Latin…
The German government wants to convince a hesitant France that the merits of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement – currently being discussed at the EU-CELAC summit – are worthwhile, Franziska Brantner, the parliamentary state secretary in charge of tr…
The EU-Latin America summit this week shall not be overshadowed by the Europeans’ preoccupations surrounding the war in Ukraine, Brazil’s EU ambassador Pedro Miguel da Costa e Silva told EURACTIV.
There’s no agreement yet on whether to mention Ukraine in the summit communiqué, and only a placeholder referring to a possible Mercosur trade deal.
Central and Latin American countries threw cold water on the EU’s efforts to rally the continent’s support for Ukraine and called for colonial reparations in a counter-proposal of an upcoming EU summit draft declaration, seen by EURACTIV.
