What to Know About Trump’s Military Deportation Flights
When President Gustavo Petro of Colombia announced on social media on Sunday that he had turned back U.S. military planes carrying deportees, President Trump came down hard. He threatened tariffs…
Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil
Temperatures were rising inside the plane. Eighty-eight Brazilian deportees, most of them handcuffed and shackled, were getting restless on Friday under the watch of U.S. immigration agents. The passenger jet,…
Inside Colombia’s Crisis Over Trump’s Deportations
Colombia’s president, early on Sunday, announced that he had turned back two American military planes carrying deportees from the United States, setting off an extraordinary crisis inside and outside his…
Brazilian Authorities Suspend Sam Altman’s World Rewards
The National Data Protection Authority (ANPD), Brazil’s data watchdog, has barred World, Sam Altman’s digital ID project, from offering rewards to users who enroll in its platform. Brazilian Authorities Ban…
Brazilian Oil Giant Petrobras Starts Looking Into Bitcoin Mining
Petrobras is interested in bitcoin mining as a complementary activity. Marcelo Curi, a blockchain and crypto architect at Petrobras, has stated that the company is researching this and other Web3…
Bolsonaro Hid at Hungary’s Embassy. Not For Asylum, He Says, Maybe Love.
When we first watched the surveillance footage, we were stunned. There was the Hungarian ambassador to Brazil pacing nervously in the embassy. There was Jair Bolsonaro, the former Brazilian president…
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro Looks to Trump and the U.S. to Avoid Prison
Jair Bolsonaro has had a rough couple of years: election losses, criminal cases, questionable embassy sleepovers. So when he finally received a piece of good news last week — an…
As Trump Heads to White House, Bolsonaro May Be Headed to Jail. Why?
There is arguably no statesman who cuts such a striking political resemblance to Donald J. Trump than Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s former president. The two men built their brash political brands…