The Latest Breaking News from Brazil

The Spinx’s macaw has become the centre of an international dispute

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Thursday closed down -0.16 (-1.03%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) closed down -4.50 (-0.98%). Sugar prices extended Wednesday's selloff on Thursday, with NY sugar slumping to a 4.25-year nearest-futures low and London sugar sliding to a 4-year low....

Brazil has a long and tragic history of military intervention in politics. Too often, the country’s armed forces have made themselves arbiters of what the country’s government could or could not do.

The unprecedented conviction of the former president is reshaping Brazilian politics.

A jaguar was captured on camera trap on an artificial island near the Serra da Mesa Hydroelectric Power Dam. The only way it could have gotten there was a very long swim.

EU countries will seek Thursday to settle on an emissions-cutting plan to bring to a key UN conference in Brazil, as divisions on the bloc's green agenda threaten its global leadership on climate.

Bolsonaro's lawyers are likely to put his ill health forward as an argument for house arrest rather than prison following his coup conviction.

October NY world sugar #11 (SBV25 ) on Wednesday closed down -0.36 (-2.26%), and December London ICE white sugar #5 (SWZ25 ) closed down -6.70 (-1.44%). Sugar prices tumbled to 1-week lows on Wednesday and settled sharply lower as Brazil ramps up sugar production. Unica reported Wednesday that Brazil's Center-South...

December arabica coffee (KCZ25 ) on Wednesday closed down -33.70 (-8.23%), and November ICE robusta coffee (RMX25 ) closed down -331 (-6.92%). Coffee prices plunged on Wednesday, with arabica posting a 1-week low. Long liquidation pressures hammered coffee prices, spurred on by forecasts for showers in Brazil's coffee-growing regions beginning...