WhatsApp’s sheer popularity in Brazil also brought it into the hurricane’s eye of the country’s online political discussion, during its heavily polarized general elections in 2018 and 2022.

This time last year, Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay had just beaten Brazil and Argentina, and were the continent's in-form team. The coach appeared an excellent fit for an ageing side in need of a ...

RIO DE JANEIRO—As Xi Jinping prepares for a thorny trade relationship with President-elect Donald Trump, he is cultivating a rapport with someone he calls a like-minded good friend, Brazilian ...

2nd: 20 (+8) Has the storm passed? This time last year, Marcelo Bielsa's Uruguay had just beaten Brazil and Argentina, and were the continent's in-form team. The coach appeared an excellent fit ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Brasilia on Tuesday for a state visit to Brazil after attending the 19th G20 Leaders' Summit in Rio de Janeiro. Xi was warmly welcomed upon his arrival by ...

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Brazilian police have arrested five people, including a former adviser to ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, over an alleged plot to assassinate President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, authorities ...

Brazil and Uruguay are back in FIFA 2026 World Cup qualifying action on Tuesday when they meet in Salvador, Bahia. The Selecao are fourth while the Celeste are second and Dorival Junior will hope ...

Brazil hosts Uruguay in a crucial CONMEBOL World Cup 2026 Qualifying match at Arena Fonte Nova in Bahía on Tuesday night. Casemiro (L) of Brazil celebrates after scoring their team's first goal ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva have inked dozens of trade and development deals, as the pair held talks in Brazil’s capital aimed at ...