<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title><![CDATA[Brazil - Newslocker]]></title><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/</link><atom:link rel="self" href="https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/rss/" /><atom:link rel="hub" href="http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com" /><description><![CDATA[Find your latest Brazil news with just one click. Don't miss out on anything happening in your profession!]]></description><language>en-uk</language><copyright>Copyright (C) 2026 newslocker.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:26:00 +0200</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Sincere dialogue needed to ease Cuba’s ‘grave humanitarian crisis’, say Mexico, Spain and Brazil]]></title><description><![CDATA[In joint statement, the three countries call for lasting solution to crisis, without explicitly mentioning the US and its oil blockade Mexico, Spain and Brazil have voiced concern about the &ldquo;dramatic situation&rdquo; in Cuba, which has faced months of pressure from US president Donald Trump, with the trio urging &ldquo;sincere and respectful dialogue&rdquo;.Without explicitly mentioning the US, the three leftist-led countries expressed on Saturday &ldquo;deep concern regarding the grave hu]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/sincere-dialogue-needed-to-ease-cubas-grave-humanitarian-crisis-say-mexico-spain-and-brazil/</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 04:26:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/sincere-dialogue-needed-to-ease-cubas-grave-humanitarian-crisis-say-mexico-spain-and-brazil/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Swindled British tourist pays £1,500 for kebab on Rio beach]]></title><description><![CDATA[Scammer arrested after manipulating payment terminal to overcharge 1,000-fold in latest in spate of seaside consA scammer has been arrested in Rio de Janeiro for selling a kebab to an unsuspecting British tourist for nearly &pound;1,500 &ndash; the latest in a spate of brazen beachside swindles.The man was detained on Tuesday on Copacabana beach, just over the road from two of the region&rsquo;s top hotels. He and an accomplice allegedly manipulated a payment terminal to dramatically overcharge]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/swindled-british-tourist-pays-1500-for-kebab-on-rio-beach/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:36:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/swindled-british-tourist-pays-1500-for-kebab-on-rio-beach/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘We took clothes, a blanket and a dog’: the people displaced by a dam 50 years ago, but still fighting for justice]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Av&aacute;-Guarani community have received little recognition of the destruction of their land by the Itaipu dam on the Paraguay-Brazil borderWhen the Indigenous leader Teodoro Alves was a young child in his community of Ocoy-Jacutinga, on the border between Paraguay and Brazil, a river ran through it. The Paran&aacute; River, which rises in Brazil and flows south through Paraguay to the R&iacute;o de la Plata between Argentina and Uruguay, once structured the lives of Av&aacute;-Guarani peo]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/we-took-clothes-a-blanket-and-a-dog-the-people-displaced-by-a-dam-50-years-ago-but-still-fighting-for-justice/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/we-took-clothes-a-blanket-and-a-dog-the-people-displaced-by-a-dam-50-years-ago-but-still-fighting-for-justice/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tax Day is a reminder of America’s unequal tax system. But we can fix it | Zohran Mamdani, Gabriel Zucman and Joseph Stiglitz]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is no justification for a regressive system in which the super-rich contribute less than the rest of usToday, we have more income and wealth inequality than ever before. New York City&rsquo;s average household income is $131,000. Without extreme inequality, residents could live reasonably well. Instead, a few people at the top of the income ladder capture enormous wealth, while millions of others struggle just to get by. Some simply can&rsquo;t make it. For them, New York has become fundam]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/tax-day-is-a-reminder-of-americas-unequal-tax-system-but-we-can-fix-it-zohran-mamdani-gabriel-zucman-and-joseph-stiglitz/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/tax-day-is-a-reminder-of-americas-unequal-tax-system-but-we-can-fix-it-zohran-mamdani-gabriel-zucman-and-joseph-stiglitz/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Blue Trail review – hypnotic tale of older-people rebellion in the Amazon in chilling dystopian fable]]></title><description><![CDATA[A cross between road movie and sci-fi, this is a subversive and bittersweet story about a 77-year-old who refuses to be shipped off to a &lsquo;colony&rsquo;Gabriel Mascaro&rsquo;s wayward, intriguing feature is a kind of road movie, or maybe river movie &ndash; the Amazon, in fact, in Brazil&rsquo;s remote north-west. It is a film that follows its nose, meandering across land and water, wonderfully shot with fascinating visual compositions. There are occasional weird resemblances to Fitzcarrald]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/the-blue-trail-review-hypnotic-tale-of-older-people-rebellion-in-the-amazon-in-chilling-dystopian-fable/</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/the-blue-trail-review-hypnotic-tale-of-older-people-rebellion-in-the-amazon-in-chilling-dystopian-fable/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil’s former spy chief who fled country arrested by ICE agents in US]]></title><description><![CDATA[Alexandre Ramagem fled country after he was sentenced to 16 years for his role in plotting military coup in BrazilWhen Brazil&rsquo;s former president Jair Bolsonaro was sentenced to nearly 30 years in prison for an attempted coup, six other members of his cabinet were also found guilty and all began serving their sentences &ndash; except for one.Days before the verdict, Alexandre Ramagem, Bolsonaro&rsquo;s former spy chief, fled by car to Guyana and boarded a flight to the United States, where]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/brazils-former-spy-chief-who-fled-country-arrested-by-ice-agents-in-us/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:50:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/brazils-former-spy-chief-who-fled-country-arrested-by-ice-agents-in-us/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jorginho calls Chappell Roan security incident a ‘misunderstanding’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Flamengo footballer previously accused pop star&rsquo;s security of aggressive behavior to his 11-year-old stepdaughterThe Chappell Roan security incident raises a bigger question: what do celebrities owe their fans?The Flamengo footballer Jorginho has clarified his comments on last month&rsquo;s incident between his 11-year-old stepdaughter and a security guard in Brazil, calling his previous claims against Chappell Roan &ldquo;a misunderstanding&rdquo;.&ldquo;I made my initial statement in the]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/jorginho-calls-chappell-roan-security-incident-a-misunderstanding/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:34:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/jorginho-calls-chappell-roan-security-incident-a-misunderstanding/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brazil’s Lula, 80, livestreams workouts before election against rival half his age]]></title><description><![CDATA[President contrasts his health with challenger Fl&aacute;vio Bolsonaro, who fainted during a TV debateThe Brazilian president, Luiz In&aacute;cio Lula da Silva, is seeking to lunge and leg press his way to a historic fourth term, as the octogenarian politician uses a flurry of workout videos to convince voters he is fighting fit ahead of October&rsquo;s crunch election.Lula looks set to face off against a senator almost half his age in what will be the leftist&rsquo;s seventh presidential campai]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/brazils-lula-80-livestreams-workouts-before-election-against-rival-half-his-age/</link><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 14:35:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/brazils-lula-80-livestreams-workouts-before-election-against-rival-half-his-age/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘A dream come true’: Brazil’s blue-and-yellow macaws return to Rio after 200 years]]></title><description><![CDATA[An ambitious &lsquo;refaunation&rsquo; project is bringing the much-loved birds and other lost species back to the city&rsquo;s national parkImages of the iconic blue-and-yellow macaw can be spotted all over Rio de Janeiro. Yet the real thing has been seen so rarely in the Brazilian city that some wondered if it ever really existed there at all.The French explorer Jean de L&eacute;ry first described an abundance of the giant, colourful parrots around Indigenous tribes in the 16th century, and th]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/a-dream-come-true-brazils-blue-and-yellow-macaws-return-to-rio-after-200-years/</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/a-dream-come-true-brazils-blue-and-yellow-macaws-return-to-rio-after-200-years/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Massive blaze tears through Rio's Olympic velodrome &ndash;&nbsp;video]]></title><description><![CDATA[A huge fire ripped through the roof of the velodrome in Rio de Janeiro's Olympic Park, built for the 2016 Olympics, on Wednesday. Officials confirmed that the blaze had been brought under control, with no risk of it spreading to other parts of the complex and no injuries reported Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/massive-blaze-tears-through-rios-olympic-velodrome-ndashnbspvideo/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 21:16:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/massive-blaze-tears-through-rios-olympic-velodrome-ndashnbspvideo/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘If they pollute our rivers, what will become of us?’: the town divided between hope and fear in Brazil’s Amazon oil rush]]></title><description><![CDATA[As a state-controlled company explores for oil in the fragile Equatorial Margin the government struggles to balance its ecological promises with fossil fuel expansion. In Oiapoque, the stakes could not be higherCovering a densely forested area larger than Wales, the municipality and city of Oiapoque, in the state of Amap&aacute;, is an isolated yet renowned part of Brazil, thanks to a popular national saying. &ldquo;From Oiapoque to Chu&iacute;&rdquo; highlights the country&rsquo;s northernmost]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/if-they-pollute-our-rivers-what-will-become-of-us-the-town-divided-between-hope-and-fear-in-brazils-amazon-oil-rush/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 13:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/if-they-pollute-our-rivers-what-will-become-of-us-the-town-divided-between-hope-and-fear-in-brazils-amazon-oil-rush/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s not just Flávio’: is surname-dropping son downplaying Bolsonaro connection?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Many Brazilians believe there is a ploy to free the younger Bolsonaro from baggage of his father&rsquo;s name to return the family to powerHe possesses one of the most famous family names in Latin American politics. But when the Brazilian senator took to the stage at a conservative conference in Grapevine, Texas, last weekend it was only his forename that was on people&rsquo;s lips.&ldquo;Fl&aacute;vio! Fl&aacute;vio! Fl&aacute;vio!&rdquo; the audience shouted as the 44-year-old politician annou]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/its-not-just-flvio-is-surname-dropping-son-downplaying-bolsonaro-connection/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/its-not-just-flvio-is-surname-dropping-son-downplaying-bolsonaro-connection/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘It’s the year of gay Brazilian cruising!’ The makers of Night Stage on public sex and their ‘deranged erotic thriller’]]></title><description><![CDATA[Writer-directors Marcio Reolon and Filipe Matzembacher talk about the &lsquo;assimilation myth&rsquo;, why Wim Wenders is wrong and how they&rsquo;re developing queer western and horror moviesYou wait for ever for a visually electrifying Brazilian film featuring scenes in a gay cruising ground, then two come along at once. First, the Oscar-nominated The Secret Agent showed nocturnal trysts in Recife being violently interrupted by a rampaging disembodied leg. Now hedonists in the queer thriller N]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/its-the-year-of-gay-brazilian-cruising-the-makers-of-night-stage-on-public-sex-and-their-deranged-erotic-thriller/</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/its-the-year-of-gay-brazilian-cruising-the-makers-of-night-stage-on-public-sex-and-their-deranged-erotic-thriller/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘The US is no longer the go-to place’: How Korean culture is taking Latin America by storm]]></title><description><![CDATA[Everything Korean &ndash; from K-pop and skincare to food and clothing &ndash; is booming in popularity in Chile, Mexico and BrazilOn the polished flagstones of a Santiago cultural centre&rsquo;s forecourt, four Chilean girls dance in energetic union, counting their steps aloud in Korean.In front of them, a YouTube video with 1.3bn views plays atop a speaker throbbing to the beat of How You Like That, by the K-pop megastars Blackpink. Continue reading...]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/the-us-is-no-longer-the-go-to-place-how-korean-culture-is-taking-latin-america-by-storm/</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/the-us-is-no-longer-the-go-to-place-how-korean-culture-is-taking-latin-america-by-storm/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Night Stage review – public sex enthusiasm the key to extravagant and subversive erotic thriller]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this fantasy drama from Brazil, a gay actor and a closeted politician discover a mutual passion for the same fetishHere is an erotic thriller from Brazil that finally suspends realism and plausibility to keep its eroticism in play right up to the startling final moments; there is an unexpected strain of the bizarre and soap-operatic.Matias (Gabriel Faryas) is a handsome young actor in a stage company specialising in dance and physical theatre. Jealous of his friend and fellow cast member, Fab]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/night-stage-review-public-sex-enthusiasm-the-key-to-extravagant-and-subversive-erotic-thriller/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/night-stage-review-public-sex-enthusiasm-the-key-to-extravagant-and-subversive-erotic-thriller/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The security council has allowed unchecked power and brutality. To protect peace, we must reform the UN | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva]]></title><description><![CDATA[A world without rules is an insecure world. It&rsquo;s time for multilateralism that truly reflects the global orderEvery violation of international law invites the next. From Afghanistan to Iran, and across Iraq, Libya, Syria, Ukraine, Gaza and Venezuela, the line between what is permitted and what is prohibited has been steadily blurred by the complicit inaction of the UN security council. Wielding the veto as both a shield and a weapon, its permanent members too often act without grounding in]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/the-security-council-has-allowed-unchecked-power-and-brutality-to-protect-peace-we-must-reform-the-un-luiz-incio-lula-da-silva/</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0200</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/the-security-council-has-allowed-unchecked-power-and-brutality-to-protect-peace-we-must-reform-the-un-luiz-incio-lula-da-silva/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dodging the ‘wrinkle wagon’: why a Brazilian film about ageing is inspiring older women]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Blue Trail, about a rebellious 77-year old woman who escapes forced exile for elderly people, has struck a nerve in a country where ageism is widespreadWhen 80-year-old Gilda Olinto was given a prize at work recently, she felt as if she was being told &ldquo;nothing more is expected of you&rdquo;. It reminded her of The Blue Trail (O &Uacute;ltimo Azul in Portuguese), a film set in a near-future Brazil where an authoritarian government honours elderly people with golden laurels before stripp]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/dodging-the-wrinkle-wagon-why-a-brazilian-film-about-ageing-is-inspiring-older-women/</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/dodging-the-wrinkle-wagon-why-a-brazilian-film-about-ageing-is-inspiring-older-women/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[How weaving, glamping and kayak tours are helping to tackle deforestation in Argentina’s Gran Chaco]]></title><description><![CDATA[Small farmers and community-led conservation groups are trying to protect one of the biggest semi-arid forests in the world &ndash; under threat from expanding agriculture, wildfires and the &lsquo;logging mafia&rsquo;Jorge Luna stands in a piece of Argentina&rsquo;s Gran Chaco forest that he calls his own. Birds sing as he surveys skyscraping molle trees, known as pepper trees, palo santo and algarrobo, or carob trees. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s good wood,&rdquo; says Luna, 55. &ldquo;I was about to cut]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/how-weaving-glamping-and-kayak-tours-are-helping-to-tackle-deforestation-in-argentinas-gran-chaco/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 12:00:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/how-weaving-glamping-and-kayak-tours-are-helping-to-tackle-deforestation-in-argentinas-gran-chaco/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jailed Bolsonaro granted ‘humanitarian house arrest’ amid failing health]]></title><description><![CDATA[Former Brazil president, serving 27 years over attempted coup, given initial 90-day period that could be extendedSign up for the Breaking News US email to get newsletter alerts in your inboxBrazil&rsquo;s former president Jair Bolsonaro has been granted permission to serve his 27-year sentence for a coup attempt at home instead of in prison because of his failing health.The decision by supreme court justice Alexandre de Moraes followed Bolsonaro&rsquo;s hospitalization since 13 March for pneumon]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/jailed-bolsonaro-granted-humanitarian-house-arrest-amid-failing-health/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 20:03:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/jailed-bolsonaro-granted-humanitarian-house-arrest-amid-failing-health/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[‘Sport gave me new dreams’: the emergence of Brazil women’s blind team]]></title><description><![CDATA[Only existing since 2024, the team, who came fourth at the world championship, has changed its players&rsquo; lives&ldquo;We are the first, but we will not be the last.&rdquo; The rallying cry came from Eliane Gon&ccedil;alves, a 39-year-old midfielder of the Brazilian women&rsquo;s blind football national team during one of their training camps. The team&rsquo;s psychologist had suggested the team come up with something to shout before matches. Gon&ccedil;alves offered that line &ndash; and it]]></description><link>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/sport-gave-me-new-dreams-the-emergence-of-brazil-womens-blind-team/</link><pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 13:06:00 +0100</pubDate><guid>https://www.newslocker.com/en-uk/profession/brazil/sport-gave-me-new-dreams-the-emergence-of-brazil-womens-blind-team/</guid></item></channel></rss>