President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has signed a new law that increases penalties and expands enforcement tools intended to combat organized crime in Brazil.

The measure seeks to terminate the national emergency declarations Trump used to justify imposing 50% tariffs on Brazilian goods,

A narrow skiff slides among massive rocky outcroppings on the Tocantins River, where the catfish and peacock bass throng in the eddies during the waxing moon. For most of his life, Welton de Franca has fished like his father before him among these rocks on one of the largest tributaries in the Amazon Basin.

The White House has imposed a total tariff rate of 50% on Brazilian products, citing the criminal prosecution of former President Jair Bolsonaro, a Trump ally.

The Senate is expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that would block President Trump's tariffs on Brazil, as Democrats seek support from a handful of Republicans.

Va., led a successful Senate resolution to end President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs on Brazil, with plans for more tariff votes this week.

Brazil’s government says deforestation in the Amazon fell 11% in the year through July 2025 to its lowest level in nearly a decade, helped by stronger enforcement and monitoring.

The rebuke of Trump is largely symbolic, for now, since the House isn't allowing votes on measures challenging Trump's tariffs until at least next year.

The move reflects frustration over President Donald Trump’s trade actions among a group of GOP lawmakers, though it cannot pass the House.

BRASILIA: Dozens of countries have yet to secure accommodation for their delegations at the COP30 climate summit, just a week before it opens, with host Brazil offering free cabins on cruise ships to