Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has been hospitalized in Shanghai for ear inflammation, her team said Tuesday. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva named Rousseff to lead the Shanghai-based New Development Bank (NDB) in 2023.

China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Brazil's top foreign policy advisor Celso Amorim met on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference. They issued a joint statement on the war in Ukraine, according to the press service of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Global soybean exporting giant Brazil has increased plantings of the oilseed for 18 consecutive years, a staggering streak unmatched in the industry.

China has a very important role to play in tackling climate change and others may look to the Asian country for additional leadership in the field, COP30 President-Designate Andre Aranha Correa do Lago said on Thursday.

On the Atlantic coast in Santos, a bustling port city in Sao Paulo, Brazil's most populous state, China's leading food and agriculture company is launching a new terminal. The facility is set to handle its first shipment of 1.5 million tons of certified sustainable soybeans bound for China.

Brics is "more relevant than ever" and a "multilateral approach ... for the limitations of the rules-based multilateral trade system", Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira said on Tuesday as the South American country prepares to host the bloc's summit in July.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio traveled to the region and warned of Chinese encroachment. Several Latin American countries expanded trade and investment relations with China.

As Christmas and new year approach, the imported Angus beef skewers from Australia are a top seller at Costco's first store in Minhang district, Shanghai, on December 14, 2024. Photo: VCG

BRASILIA -- Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Mauro Vieira on Tuesday opened the first meeting of BRICS Sherpas, or chief negotiators, with Brazil holding the rotating presidency of the bloc, the Foreign Ministry confirmed.

Brazil abandons plans for a common BRICS currency in favor of facilitating trade in national currencies, focusing on practical payment system reforms and blockchain technology implementation.

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff has been hospitalized in Shanghai for ear inflammation, her team said Tuesday. The 77-year-old economist, who now heads a bank established by the BRICS ...