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March 14, 2026 – Brazil Headlines

1Trump ameaça “demolir” infraestrutura crucial para o petróleo na ilha iraniana de Kharg

Story gist: Donald Trump threatened to demolish crucial oil infrastructure on Iran’s Kharg Island. The island handles 90% of Iran’s petroleum exports.
Left
EUA atacam Kharg, ilha estratégica por onde Irã exporta 90% de seu petróleo
— Folha de S.Paulo
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Center
Trump diz que ‘obliterou’ alvos militares na ‘ilha do petróleo’ do Irã: porque Kharg é estratégica na guerra
— BBC
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Right
No major right-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets like Folha frame it as a U.S. attack on Iran’s strategic oil export island, emphasizing aggression. Center outlets like BBC report Trump’s claim of obliterating military targets and explain Kharg’s wartime importance. Right-leaning coverage is absent.

2Médicos de Bolsonaro alertam para risco de morte após pneumonia mais grave que ex-presidente já teve

Story gist: Doctors treating former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro reported his most severe pneumonia to date with a risk of death. He remains stable, conscious, and has not required intubation.
Left
No major left-leaning outlet from our monitored sources covered this story
Center
Bolsonaro está estável, consciente e não precisou ser entubado, diz médico
— G1
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Right
Quadro de Bolsonaro é ‘grave’, diz médico particular do ex-presidente
— VEJA
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Bias summary: Left-leaning outlets absent, providing no coverage and omitting Bolsonaro’s health story. Center G1 emphasizes stability, consciousness, and no intubation for reassuring tone. Right-leaning VEJA stresses ‘grave’ condition and death risk per private doctor, amplifying severity. Centers highlight positive aspects; right focuses on peril.

3Após STF manter prisão, Vorcaro troca de advogado

Story gist: Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court upheld the imprisonment of Vorcaro. Vorcaro subsequently changed his lawyer.
Left
Após STF manter prisão, Vorcaro troca de advogado
— CartaCapital
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Center
Vorcaro troca de advogado após STF formar maioria pela prisão e abre caminho para delação
— G1
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Right
PGR e STF podem manobrar para enfraquecer ou barrar eventual delação de Vorcaro
— Gazeta do Povo
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Bias summary: Left-leaning CartaCapital reports neutrally on Vorcaro changing lawyers after STF upholds his prison term. Center G1 adds that STF formed a majority for imprisonment and notes it opens a path for a plea deal. Right-leaning Gazeta do Povo emphasizes potential maneuvers by PGR and STF to weaken or block Vorcaro’s eventual delação, framing authorities suspiciously.

4Análise: Bravata de Lula com assessor de Trump foi calculada

Story gist: A Trump advisor met with former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. President Lula’s government considered revoking the advisor’s visa, which official José Gomes Marinho described as provocation in a CNN Brasil interview.
Left
Revogar visto de assessor de Trump é provocação, diz Marinho à CNN
— CNN Brasil
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Center
Análise: Bravata de Lula com assessor de Trump foi calculada
— Valor Econômico
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Right
A reação nos bastidores do governo Lula ao encontro de emissário de Trump com Bolsonaro
— VEJA
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Bias summary: Left-leaning CNN Brasil emphasizes government official Marinho calling visa revocation a provocation, highlighting internal criticism. Center Valor Econômico frames Lula’s response as calculated bravado in neutral analysis. Right-leaning VEJA focuses on backstage reactions within Lula’s government to the Trump emissary’s Bolsonaro meeting, implying unease or defensiveness. All lanes cover the core events without major omissions.

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