The President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, arrived at the White House this Thursday at eleven in the morning, met with US President Donald Trump, and left without holding the planned joint press conference. After keeping journalists waiting for more than three hours without explaining what was happening behind the door, the Republican published a message on Truth Social stating that the visit was concluded: "We discussed many topics, including trade and tariffs. The meeting went very well." According to the magnate, "additional meetings will be agreed upon" in the coming months.

The heat falls on the village from the early hours of the morning. Isolated in the heart of the tropical rainforest, this Amazonian settlement follows the rhythms imposed by the river and the land. Along the Uraricoera, a tributary of the Negro River, some children play and cool off in the water. A little further on, several young people return from the bank with a canoe loaded with bundles of cassava: the tuber that sustains Yanomami life. The harvest passes from hand to hand until it reaches the homes, where the mothers wash, grate, and transform it into flour, repeating gestures passed down from generation to generation, as old as the river itself.

Almost five centuries after the arrival of the first European conquerors in the Amazon, the indigenous peoples of Brazil continue to defend the same thing: land and freedom. Since 1542, when the expedition led by Francisco de Orellana reached the great river, nearly 484 years of sustained resistance have passed. Now, this struggle is moving to Brasília. Hundreds of indigenous representatives are settling in the country's political center in a protest camp to halt legislative changes that could allow extractive activities and energy projects within protected territories. The mobilization combines political pressure with cultural expression, turning the institutional space into a stage for collective demand. Despite some recent advances in territorial recognition and environmental protection under the government of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, hundreds of communities are still awaiting legal guarantees for their lands. In parallel, the pressure from illegal mining and logging in indigenous territories is growing. The Free Land Camp in the Brazilian capital is not an isolated episode, but the continuation of a nearly 500-year history of persistent defense of their ancestral rights and their way of life.

For weeks, Pedro Sánchez has been working to crown himself the architect of anti-Trumpism. And this weekend he will be its graphic image in Barcelona. The Spanish president will bring together several world leaders from the progressive space to confront the reactionary wave that continues to grow globally. The first handshake was with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both have starred in the first Spain-Brazil summit, held at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona, to strengthen relations between both countries and sign several strategic and commercial agreements. They will subsequently appear at a press conference.

For weeks, Pedro Sánchez has been working to establish himself as the architect of anti-Trumpism. And this weekend, he will be the graphic image in Barcelona. The Spanish president is bringing together various world leaders from the progressive sphere to confront the reactionary wave that continues to grow globally. The first handshake was with the president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Both have led the first Spain-Brazil summit, held at the Palau de Pedralbes in Barcelona, to strengthen relations between the two countries and sign various strategic and commercial agreements. The two leaders have highlighted the alliance and sent an international message in defense of multilateralism and peace in the face of Donald Trump's warmongering confrontation.

Two investigations against drug trafficking have shown, once again, Barcelona's prominence as one of the entry points for cocaine into Europe, but also how drug traffickers attempt to infiltrate airport structures and bribe workers to assist them in transporting the drugs.

Barça is once again a victim of the FIFA virus. Raphinha suffers an injury to the right thigh's femoral biceps and will be out for around five weeks, as confirmed by Barça after the medical tests carried out by the Brazilian national team. The player was withdrawn injured from the friendly he played on Thursday with Brazil after feeling a twinge in the back of his right leg and will return to Barcelona in the coming hours to begin his recovery. ARA had already reported that the footballer's initial sensations were not good at all and everything pointed to a muscle tear. The club is unhappy with the calendar for scheduling friendly matches at this point in the season when teams are fighting for titles.

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva faces the last year of his third term strengthened on the international stage, thanks to a firm stance in confronting the interference of Donald Trump, with a stable local economy, but with the uncertainty of the presidential elections in October, which, once again, will be held in a scenario in.

On March 14, 2018, the official car in which Rio de Janeiro city councilwoman Marielle Franco was traveling with her press secretary, Fernanda Chaves, and driver Anderson Gomes was intercepted in the city center by another vehicle, which opened fire on the councilwoman's car. Marielle, 38, and Anderson, 39, were killed in the shooting. Fernanda miraculously survived.

Barcelona will once again pulse to the rhythm of Brazil during the sixth edition of the Sereia Festival, which will take place from February 6th to 8th at the Ateneu Popular Nou Barris. The event focuses on the female strength of Brazilian popular music with a program that combines concerts, dance, workshops, and educational opportunities, bringing Brazilian culture to the city. The festival presents an exclusively female lineup of international acts from Brazil: Diana de Sertão, Trio Mana Flor, and As Fulô do Cerrado. These three leading figures in popular music present projects that explore the interplay between tradition and contemporary elements of forró—a popular musical genre and dance from northeastern Brazil—and other rhythms from the country. Diana de Sertão, Trio Mana Flor, and As Fulô do Cerrado are three contemporary female voices in folk music. With a long career and a powerful voice, Sertão has been dedicated to forró and other rhythms like xote and baião since the 1970s. Trio Mana Flor is the first all-female forró trio in Brazil. Since 2008, they have been performing and producing classic popular songs, incorporating electronic elements into the vocals and accordion. As Fulô do Cerrado is a five-member musical group that blends modern forró with popular culture..

From the recreation room on the top floor of the Caldeira Institute, a technology hub in the Navegantes neighbourhood, in Porto Alegre’s Fourth District, Brazil, the landscape seen through its glass-block windows is strongly reminiscent of Barcelona’s Poblenou district thirty or forty years ago. Former industrial buildings are being remodelled to embrace the technological utopia of the 21st century, defined by concepts such as startups, artificial intelligence and the digital economy.

Is it truly a unique bird in the world? Is it bred at the North Pole? Does it grow up in nests high in the trees? Or is it a laboratory creature that doesn't even have any feathers? All sorts of legends have surrounded one of the most ubiquitous dishes on Brazilian Christmas tables for the past 30 years. There, many have heard stories about the origin of this super-chicken, the Chester, always shrouded in mystery that has given rise to the most outlandish theories (like the one about the beast without any feathers). Few can claim to have ever seen a live specimen, and that's why, when journalist Vitor Hugo Brandalise Junior, sitting among friends in a bar, blurts out, "My uncle was one of the inventors of the Chester," he knows he'll have the audience's full attention.

Brazil's Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday that former President Jair Bolsonaro begin serving his 27-year prison sentence for his role in a coup attempt at the Federal Police Superintendency headquarters in Brasília, the same police station where he had been held in pretrial detention since Saturday. Bolsonaro is being held in a 12-square-meter room with a single bed, a small table, a television, and wooden shelves, according to images released by the Federal Police. The decision to begin serving his sentence comes after Bolsonaro's defense team waived its right to file further appeals, for which it had until Monday. The initial appeals had been unanimously rejected by the four members of the Supreme Court's First Chamber, which is responsible for the case.

A group of Brazilian Federal Police officers went to the home of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, who was under house arrest, on Saturday and arrested him preventively, according to local media. The far-right leader had been convicted for the attempted coup of January 2023Just yesterday, Friday, Bolsonaro's lawyers requested the Supreme Court to allow their client to serve his 27-year prison sentence for attempted coup under house arrest due to health reasons. However, officers transferred Bolsonaro to police custody, following orders from the Brazilian Supreme Court, which decreed the former president's preventive detention to "guarantee public order," according to EFE. His son, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, had called for a large rally of Bolsonaro supporters this Saturday in front of the former president's home. A very brief statement from the Brazilian Federal Police reported that they had carried out, this Saturday in Brasília, "a preventive detention order in accordance with a decision of the Supreme Court," without mentioning the person arrested. According to local media, Saturday's preventive detention does not mark the beginning of the sentence's execution, which was expected in the coming weeks after the Supreme Court rejected the first appeals against the verdict. Instead, it appears to be a preventive detention order. On September 11, Bolsonaro was convicted by the Supreme Court's First Chamber. to try to "perpetuate" himself in power with the support of former ministers and military commandersAfter losing the 2022 elections to the progressive Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the country's current president, the seventy-year-old far-right leader had been under house arrest at his residence in Brasília since August 4 for violating a series of precautionary measures in this case. In the coup trial, the Supreme Court also ordered the preventive detention on Friday of Congressman Alexandre Ramagem, a Bolsonaro ally who was convicted in the same trial as the former president. Ramagem reportedly fled to the United States last September through the state of Roraima, bordering Venezuela, and then through French Guiana. Ramagem, the former director of the Brazilian Intelligence Agency, received a sixteen-year prison sentence in a closed regime for the crimes of criminal organization, coup d'état, and the violent abolition of the democratic rule of law.

In Catalonia, olive oil is much more than a food: it is a landscape, a culture, and a way of life. In any gourmet shop, it is easy to find bottles or small cans of Siurana, Garrigues, or Ventalló at often prohibitive prices: half a liter can cost between 16 and 20 euros, and up to 230 in super-luxury editions, like Oldfargus 2000 oil from Maestrat, made with olives from ancient olive trees. A tradition that has been consolidated for centuries and is part of the Mediterranean identity.

Donald Trump's interference, which in August imposed 50% tariffs on Brazilian imports, has neither intimidated nor forced the Brazilian Supreme Court to give in. In a historic and unprecedented decision in the country, has sentenced former President Jair Bolsonaro by four votes to 27 years and three months in prison. for attempted coup d'état after losing the October 2022 presidential elections to Lula da Silva.

Jair Bolsonaro, sentenced to 27 years in prison for attempted coup by the Brazilian Supreme Court, This past week, he joined the long list of former South American presidents found guilty by the courts. Among those sentenced are figures of the of his antagonist, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (imprisoned between April 2018 and November 2019 for corruption and money laundering), reinstated by the Supreme Court and now in power serving his third term; or Peronist Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (perpetually disqualified from office and sentenced to six years for corruption and serving house arrest in Buenos Aires).

For the first time in Brazilian history, a former president will be convicted of an attempted coup. The First Chamber of the country's Supreme Court, which is trying Jair Bolsonaro, has sentenced him to 27 years and three months in prison. Bolsonaro is charged with five crimes, including attempted coup d'état, for having led a plot to prevent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from being inaugurated president after losing the 2022 elections. Although unsuccessful, the party completed the Bolsonaro building on January 8, 2023, as determined by the judges.

China has dealt the first major defeat to the United States in the tariff war initiated by Donald Trump. The blow has come at the agricultural level, with soybeans taking center stage. The Asian superpower has decided to turn to another ally to replace the legume grown in the American region of the MidwestThis is Brazil, the country of origin for 25% of China's agricultural imports, with which it shares multilateralism within the BRICS and an interconnected global economic vision. The good rapport between the two countries is demonstrated by the fluid, mutually supportive relationship between their top leaders, Xi Jinping and Lula da Silva.

Right in the yolk of Salvador de Bahia's egg stands a blue house. It is the headquarters of the foundation dedicated to Jorge Amado, possibly the most beloved Brazilian writer. The authorities rightly decided that his figure should be remembered wherever it belongs, right in the center of Pelourinho, the city's beautiful historic center. Every day, hundreds of people visit the building, but unfortunately, many enter only to go up to the top floor and see the views, ignoring what's on display. A serious mistake, because Amado has a magnificent body of work that helps us discover this fascinating region of Brazil.