Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 213 million people. The country is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília. Its most populous city is São Paulo, followed by Rio de Janeiro. Brazil has the most Portuguese speakers in the world and is the only country in the Americas where Portuguese

Argentina’s President Javier Milei sang to his supporters after early results showed he had won the country’s midterm elections, bolstering his push for radical economic reforms closely watched by the US. | Al Jazeera English

Argentina President Javier Milei and his party managed to bounce back in the midterm elections, which buys him some breathing room for the rest of his term. Manuela Tobias explains bloom.bg/4oIa93h | Bloomberg