Bolsonaro names fourth Brazilian health minister of Covid-19 pandemicAnti-lockdown and pro-chloroquine Marcelo Queiroga takes portfolio amid fatalities surgeTue Mar 16 2021 - 17:19
Divided Brazil faces another dysfunctional presidential contestFormer president Lula, whose conviction has been annulled, set to run against BolsonaroFri Mar 12 2021 - 17:45
Brazil: Ex-president Lula’s corruption convictions annulledLeft-wing leader now free to challenge Bolsonaro in 2022 presidential raceTue Mar 9 2021 - 13:56
Bolsonaro’s policy could lead to more guns ending up in criminals’ handsSão Paulo Letter: Is Brazil’s president concerned with protection or political leverage?Mon Mar 8 2021 - 18:18
Covid-19: Brazil warned to brace for worst month of pandemicCountry recorded 30,484 deaths last month as health officials demand tighter restrictionsTue Mar 2 2021 - 17:54
Bolsonaro scores victory in bid to stave off impeachmentBrazilian president helps ally to win influencial leadership position in congressTue Feb 2 2021 - 16:51
Bolsonaro nears big political win just as calls for impeachment growBrazilian president’s allies close in on key roles in Congress as coronavirus criticism mountsSun Jan 31 2021 - 17:26
Bolsonaro forced to bring forward Brazil’s national vaccination campaignDoubts over the country’s capacity to produce enough doses to bring the pandemic under control in the medium termMon Jan 18 2021 - 17:39
Bolsonaro eyes Trump gameplan for undermining Brazil’s electionsSão Paulo Letter: Both leaders see themselves as battling entrenched establishments that seek to thwart their goalsTue Jan 12 2021 - 20:00
Argentina on the cusp of legalising abortion, a rarity in Latin AmericaIt is estimated that up to half a million illegal abortions take place in the country each yearSun Dec 27 2020 - 19:00
Latin America faces major hurdles in Covid vaccine roll-outHome to 8% of world’s population the region accounts for 30% of all deaths from Covid-19Sat Dec 26 2020 - 01:00
Rio mayor arrested on corruption charges before leaving officeJudge who authorised Marcello Crivella’s arrest says the mayor is a risk to ‘public order’Tue Dec 22 2020 - 16:36
Bolsonaro looks to be working against a vaccination programme for selfish reasonsSão Paulo Letter: As global demand grows for vaccines, Brazil risks being at the back of the queueSun Dec 13 2020 - 15:25
Venezuela’s national assembly retaken by chavista regimeNicolás Maduro claims ‘great victory’ in poll generally boycotted and not recognisedMon Dec 7 2020 - 16:39
Bolsonaro suffers in local elections as Brazil’s voters return to centreBrazil’s local elections are an important leading indicator for general electionsMon Nov 30 2020 - 15:57
Venezuela’s authoritarian regime confident of victory in pollsMaduro targets win in election deemed by rival a ‘farce’ and by EU not ‘free and fair’Sun Nov 29 2020 - 16:41
Maradooo! A preternaturally gifted artist and a rebel outsiderDiego Maradona understood football was first and foremost about the people’s passionSat Nov 28 2020 - 07:00
Lula’s return shows challenges faced by Brazil’s left in taking fight to BolsonaroWorkers’ Party risks alienating potential allies by insisting on centrality of ex-presidentFri Nov 27 2020 - 21:00
Blow for Bolsonaro as candidates he backed fare badlyBrazilian president’s power under attack as traditional right and centre-right to foreMon Nov 16 2020 - 16:38
Brazil’s local elections are set to test Bolsonaro’s appealBrazilian president has endorsed a number of candidates who are struggling in the pollsThu Nov 12 2020 - 18:30
Covid-19: Bolsonaro caught up in ‘vaccine war’ with Brazil’s institutionsPresident orders health minister to abandon plans to purchase a Chinese vaccineTue Nov 3 2020 - 15:45
Chile votes to rewrite constitution, sparking mass celebrations78 per cent of people back a new charter to replace one imposed in Pinochet eraMon Oct 26 2020 - 17:31
Crisis consumes Chile ahead of vote on replacing constitutionFurther unrest as protesters say they are living in a two-tier societyWed Oct 21 2020 - 19:00
Bolivia’s MAS set for return to power a year after annulled electionPresidential candidate significantly increases party’s vote share with leader still in exileMon Oct 19 2020 - 18:45
Cash found ‘between buttocks’ of Bolsonaro ally in police raidBrazilian senator Chico Rodrigues found hiding money by police investigating corruptionThu Oct 15 2020 - 16:35
Renewed unrest in deeply divided Bolivia in advance of presidential electionParty of exiled former president Morales confident of outright victory in first round for its candidate Luis ArceFri Oct 9 2020 - 15:59
Latin America fears another ‘lost decade’ as pandemic ravages regionVolatile politics, uneven healthcare and inequality enable coronavirus to wreak havocWed Sep 23 2020 - 19:38
Bolsonaro embroiled in abortion row over 10-year-old rape victimGirl became pregnant after years of abuse at the hands of her aunt’s partner, a drug dealerTue Sep 15 2020 - 15:17
Brazil’s Bolsonaro buys ratings amid awful pandemic performanceSão Paulo Letter: President gains in popularity among the poor with social paymentsThu Aug 27 2020 - 16:26
Brazil’s vice-president defends Bolsonaro’s response to Covid-19President criticised for ‘gross negligence’ in handling crisis, as deaths approach 100,000Mon Aug 3 2020 - 19:02
Deforestation of Amazon continues to soar under BolsonaroSão Paulo Letter: Jungle destruction prompts global pressure but makes little impactMon Jul 27 2020 - 16:04
Brazil’s health ministry failed to use emergency Covid-19 funds – reportFederal auditors highlight chaos at heart of Jair Bolsonaro’s administration and its response to the crisisWed Jul 22 2020 - 18:36
Brazilian military takeover of health ministry proves a risky businessArmy high command growing increasingly uneasy at its association with BolsonaroFri Jul 17 2020 - 16:15
Brazil’s president Jair Bolsonaro tests positive for Covid-19Right-wing leader has sought to minimise threat posed by coronavirus, comparing it to ‘mild flu’Tue Jul 7 2020 - 17:16
The Bolsonaro administration’s ticking time-bombBrazil’s mounting Covid-19 death toll is not the president’s biggest problemSat Jul 4 2020 - 07:00
Coronavirus: Fears grow in Brazil that full scale of crisis remains hiddenRights groups warn of ‘catastrophe of worrying proportions’ in prisons due to virus spreadThu Jun 25 2020 - 18:37
Jair Bolsonaro under pressure as son’s former aide arrestedBrazilian president appears dejected as judicial siege tightens around administrationFri Jun 19 2020 - 17:04
Bolsonaro makes power grab on federal university systemBrazil’s congress plans to block president’s move to use Covid-19 crisis to control collegesThu Jun 11 2020 - 18:56
Coronavirus: Packed Brazilian jails lead to fears of calamityRelatives of prisoners fearful loved ones will catch virus in chronically overcrowded jailsTue May 19 2020 - 19:00
Coronavirus: Brazil’s political chaos deepens as death toll soarsBolsonaro says he will scrap cabinet meetings over leaked video as infections accelerateWed May 13 2020 - 18:15
Latin America’s uneven response to coronavirus tells a talePandemic bearing down on region that spent 2019 racked by political crises and social unrestMon May 11 2020 - 16:07
Brazilian court orders Bolsonaro to release his Covid-19 test resultsPresident faces fine of €825 a day if he fails to comply with court orderFri May 1 2020 - 18:45
Brazil’s Bolsonaro denies ‘coup-mongering’ after attending anti-lockdown rallyPresident spoke at far-right protest amid bitter political dispute over coronavirusMon Apr 20 2020 - 19:04
Brazil’s political crisis deepens after Bolsonaro sacks health ministerPresident demands easing of Covid-19 measures and accuses congress of plot to oust himFri Apr 17 2020 - 18:28
Favelas feel brunt of coronavirus restrictions in BrazilUp to 40 million workers in informal sector hit particularly hard in Covid-19 crisisMon Apr 13 2020 - 17:00
Bolsonaro’s rupture with health minister emblematic of diminishing statureBrazil’s president wary of the pandemic’s effect on his grip on powerTue Apr 7 2020 - 20:00
Coronavirus: Brazilians protest as Bolsonaro misinterprets WHO advicePresident continues campaign against lockdown but moderates tone in national addressWed Apr 1 2020 - 16:12
Irish in Peru: ‘There are people still stuck here and they need not to forget about us’Some Irish people from Wexford, Louth and Belfast still stranded after Government-chartered flight left Lima at weekendTue Mar 31 2020 - 08:25
Irish in ‘good spirits’ as plane leaves Peru for DublinFlight taking tourists left stranded by Covid-19 restrictions home via LondonSun Mar 29 2020 - 22:21
Coronavirus: Approval secured to fly home Irish stranded in PeruAround 135 citizens seeking way out of South American country amid pandemic restrictionsFri Mar 27 2020 - 16:23